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A   LIST  OF 
BIRDS    OF  LONG 
NEW  YORK. 


ISLAND 


BY 

WILLIAM  C.  BRAISLIN. 


From  the  Abstract  of  the  Proceedings  of  the  Linnaean  Society 
of  New  York,  for  the  year  ending 
March,  1907. 


E  .   W.  WHEELER 
CAMBRIDGE,  HASS 
10  0  7. 


A  List  of  the  Birds  of  Long  Island,  New  York. 

By  William  C.  Braislin,  M.  D. 

"All  Nature  is  so  full,  that  that  district  produces  the  greatest  variety 
which  is  the  most  examined."    White's  Natural  History  of  Melbourne. 

Long  Island,  New  York,  is  about  120  miles  long  by  from 
8  to  18  miles  broad,  with  a  nearly  straight  coast-line  on  the 
south  shore,  along  the  ocean  front,  but  broken  on  the  north 
by  the  more  or  less  abrupt  indentures  of  Long  Island  Sound. 
Its  general  position  is  about  parallel  with  the  coast-line  of  the 
mainland,  trending  slightly  northward  from  west  to  east.  The 
north  shore  in  general  is  abrupt  and  hilly,  owing  to  a  low  range 
of  hills  termed  the  "  backbone  of  the  island,"  which,  in  places 
along  the  Sound,  form  high,  bold  bluffs  often  100  feet  and  more 
in  height.  The  south  shore  fronts  the  Atlantic  Ocean,  forming 
an  outlying  beach  separated,  in  great  part,  from  the  land  by 
shallow  bays  and  salt  marshes.  Except  at  its  eastern  extremity 
this  beach  is  low  and  sandy,  shifting  somewhat  year  by  year 
under  the  influence  of  the  winds  as  well  as  by  the  action  of 
the  tides  and  waves. 

At  the  western  end  of  the  island  lies  one  of  the  largest  cities 
of  the  world,  and  elsewhere  are  summering  towns  as  well  as  a 
rapidly  increasing  permanent  population.  These  influences  are 
changing  its  natural  aspect,  but  notwithstanding,  its  bird  popu- 
lation will  probably  remain  much  the  same  as  it  is  at  present 
for  a  long  time  to  come.  Its  bays  and  marshes  are  still  famous 
as  a  resort  for  water-fowl,  and  its  position  in  respect  to  the 
mainland  —  its  eastern  extremity  jutting  well  seaward  —  makes 
it  a  frequent  resort  for  waifs  of  bird  life  lost  or  driven  off  the 
coast  by  storms  during  the  perilous  semi-annual  migrations. 
Of  European  water-birds  recorded  from  Long  Island  the  list 
is  comparatively  long;  some  birds  from  the  far  West  have  been 


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found  here  and  a  number  of  species  of  more  southern  and  more 
northern  distribution  often  wander  to  Long  Island  as  a  com- 
mon meeting  ground. 

1.  Colymbus  holbcelli.    Holbcell's  Grebe. 

A  winter  visitant,  Nov.  11  (Rockaway  Beach)  to  April  7 
(Miller's  Place).  Seldom  arrives  until  the  coldest  day  of 
early  winter,  and  rarely  seen  before  Christmas. 

2.  Colymbus  auritus.    Horned  Grebe. 

Of  commoD  occurrence  during  the  winter  months,  but  is 
most  abundant  in  November,  Oct.  15  (Rockaway)  to  May  15 
I  Rockaway  >. 

Scattered  individuals  and  small  numbers  forming  loose 
flocks  are  at  the  times  of  their  greatest  abundance  common 
along  the  outer  beaches  of  the  ocean  front. 

:;.    Podilymbus  podiceps.    Pied-billed  Grere. 
Probably  a  rare  permanent  resident. 

It  has  been  found  only  in  the  bays  and  fresh  water  inlets, 
never  like  the  preceding  species,  on  the  ocean  beaches.  It  is 
well  within  the  bounds  of  probability  that  this  bird  nests,  if  not 
regularly,  at  least  occasionally,  on  Long  Island.  Chapman 
Birds  of  E.  N.  Am.,  p.  57)  says  of  it:  — 'Uncommon  transient 
visitant  on  Long  Island  from  September  to  April.'  The  writer 
has  found  the  species  in  mid-August  at  Centre  Moriches,  but 
can  produce  no  positive  evidence  of  its  breeding.  It  appears 
most  commonly  in  September. 

4.    Gavia  imber.  Loon. 

A  common  winter  visitor,  Aug.  10  (Seaford)  to  May  31 
( Amity  ville). 

The  loons  are  locally  nicknamed  "  Wheelbarrows"  on  Shin- 
necock  and  East  Bays  from  their  apparently  labored  manner  of 
flying.  This  is  one  of  the  birds  most  secure  from  the  snare  of 
the  Long  [sland  fowler.    Wary  and  alert,  it  disappears  under 


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water  deep  enough  to  cover  it,  while  in  flight  it  is  equally  sus- 
picious of  man  and  his  inventions,  being  rarely  deceived  by  a 
blind,  however  skilfully  constructed. 

5.  Gavia  arctica.    Black-throated  Loon. 

Known  on  Long  Island  from  a  single  specimen,  captured 
at  Sands'  P'oint,  April  29,  1893  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p. 
265).  It  is  a  species  of  the  far  North  and  its  occurrence  here 
is  casual. 

6.  Gavia  lumme.    Red-throated  Loon. 

A  transient  visitor,  September  14  (Rockaway-)  to  December 
30  (Rockaway)  and  March  30  (Rockaway)  to  May  11  (Port 
Jefferson,  Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  171). 

It  is,  at  times,  a  common  bird  along  the  ocean  front,  espe- 
cially in  autumn;  but  adults,  with  the  bright  chestnut  patch 
on  the  throat,  from  which  the  bird  takes  its  name,  are  rarely 
observed  here.  Most  of  those  found,  even  in  the  Spring,  have 
the  throat  gray. 

7.  Fratercula  arctica.    Puffin;  Sea  Parrot. 

Giraud  {Birds  of  Long  Island  1844,  p.  374)  says:  "It 
but  seldom  occurs,  and  only  in  winter  on  the  coast  of  Long 
Island."  His  statement  covers  the  case  at  present.  Two 
recent  records  only  are  known  to  the  writer:  Centre  Moriches, 
December  15,  1882  (Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  171)  and  Hither 
Plain  Life  Saving  Station,  Montauk,  March  30,  1902  (Brais- 
lin,  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  50).  They  appear  to  live  at  sea  while 
off  the  Lono-  Island  shore,  and  here,  lacking  the  needed  shelter 
afforded  them  by  their  native  cliffs,  fall  an  easy  prey  to  severe 
storms.  An  occasional  specimen  is  thus  washed  up  on  the 
beach,  either  dead  or  so  exhausted  and  bruised  in  the  surf 
as  to  shortly  succumb  to  its  injuries. 

8.  Cepphus  grylle.    Black  Guillemot. 

But  one  record  exists  for  Long  Island,  namely,  a  specimen 


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in  the  Lawrence  collection  of  the  American  Museum  of  Natural 
History,  New  York  (Chapman,  Guide  to  Local  Collection  of 
Birds,  p.  14,  1894).  Giraud  includes  this  bird  in  his  work, 
hut  makes  no  specific  mention  of  having  met  with  it. 

9.  Uria  lomvia.    Brunnich's  Murre. 

Along  the  eastern  end  of  the  island,  off  the  coast,  it  is  of 
regular  occurrence,  and  often  common,  in  winter  (Nov.  22 
(Amityville)  to  March  24  (Southampton?  Dutcher,  Auk,  ii, 
1885,  p.  8). 

At  this  season  nearly  every  severe  easterly  storm  washes 
some  ashore,  some  to  be  promptly  buried  by  the  surf-driven 
sands,  a  few  to  be  picked  up  by  the  beach-patrol.  They  are 
less  frequently  and  irregularly  noted  on  the  western  end  of 
Long  Island  and  those,  apparently,  have  all  been  seen  in 
November  and  December.  They  have  occurred  regularly,  to 
the  writer's  knowledge,  for  the  past  few  years. 

10.  Alca  torda.    Razor-billed  Auk. 

Doubtless  a  regular  winter  visitor,  Nov.  2  (Rockaway)  to 
Feb.  0,  (Southampton,  Dutcher). 

They  are  confused  by  the  baymen  and  life-savers  with  the 
Briinnich's  Murre,  both  of  which  are  called  by  the  name  of 
"Sea-crow."  Both  species,  in  common  with  the  Puffin,  occur 
on  the  beach  chiefly  by  reason  of  their  being  driven  in  by  winds 
and  surf.  It  is  doubtful  whether  even  a  few  survive  this  ex- 
perience. They  do  not  willingly  approach  the  sands  in  mild 
weather,  and  in  the  fury  of  a  gale,  exhausted  with  their  struggles 
and  beaten  by  the  surf,  they  probably  nearly  all  succumb. 

11.  Alle  alle.    Dovekie;  Sea  Dove. 

Not  common  winter  visitant,  Nov.  18  (Rockaway  and 
Amagansett)  to  March  1  (Rockaway);  also  recorded  as  late  as 
March  24,  1884  (Dutcher,  Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  38). 

This,  the  least  of  the  Auks,  occurring  on  Long  Island,  seems 


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most  immune  to  stress  of  wind  and  water,  though  making  its 
home  on  the  ocean  like  the  others.  Comparatively  few  come 
ashore  in  storms.  It  is  believed  from  the  evidence  furnished 
by  Old-squaw  gunners,  who  float  their  decoys  sometimes 
several  miles  from  the  beach  out  in  the  ocean,  that  they  are 
nearly  as  common  as  the  "  Sea  Crow"  {Alca  torda). 

12.  Megalestris  skua.    Skua  Gull. 

Casual.  The  only  specimen  from  Long  Island  has  been  re- 
corded by  Mr.  Dutcher  {Auk,  iii,  1886,  p.  432).  This  bird 
was  found  in  drift  ice,  back  of  the  beach  at  Amagansett,  on 
March  17,  1886,  by  a  member  of  the  life-saving  crew,  and 
may  have  been  there  for  a  considerable  period. 

13.  Stercorarius  pomarinus.    Pomarine  Jaeger. 

A  less  common  species  than  the  Parasitic  Jaeger,  it  neverthe- 
less seems  to  be  a  regular  migrant  from  August  to  November 
passing  usually  at  a  distance  from  the  coast.  It  migrates 
southward  from  July  to  late  October  (Chapman,  Guide  to 
Local  Collection  of  Birds,  p.  15).  Mr.  B.  H.  Dutcher  found  both 
species  common  at  Little  Gull  Island,  Aug.  6  to  16,  1888,  where 
they  resorted  in  pursuit  of  blue-fish,  and  until  fired  at  several 
times,  were  very  familiar.  They  were  likewise  abundant  from 
late  in  September  until  the  beginning  of  November  off  the 
coast  of  Massachusetts  in  the  same  year,  attracted  by  good 
fishing  grounds. 

14.  Stercorarius  parasiticus.    Parasitic  Jaeger. 
Apparently  more  common  than  the  preceding  species  and 

similar  in  habits.  April  30  (Rockaway) ;  Aug.  6  (Gull  Island. 
B.  H.  Dutcher,  Auk,  vi,  pp.  125)  to  Nov.  9  (Amityville). 

15.  Stercorarius  longicaudus.    Long-tailed  Jaeger. 
Very  rare  or  casual  off  the  Long  Island  coast. 

It  has  long  been  the  custom  to  include  this  species  in  State 
and  other  local  lists,  probably  properly  so,  though  there  is 


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little  to  confirm  the  belief  that  it  is  a  regular  migrant  along 
the  Atlantic  seaboard.  It  was  for  a  long  time  supposed  to  be 
a  winter  visitor.  Dr.  J.  A.  Allen  however  in  "A  Revised  List 
of  the  Birds  of  Massachusetts"  (Bull.  Am.  Mux.  Nat.  Hist, 
vol.  i,  Ism'h  expressed  the  belief  that  it  is  found  along  this  part 
of  the  coa>t  in  fall  and  spring  only.  This  has  been  found  to  be 
the  case  with  the  Jaegers  in  general. 

Of  the  few  recorded  specimens  for  the  Atlantic  coast,  one  is 
from  "Oyster  Bay  South,"  Long  Island,  date  not  given,  and 
another,  a  "young  male  shot  in  the  month  of  October,  1842,  on 
( rowanus  Bay  "  (Giraud,  Birds  of  L.      p.  365). 

16.  Pagophila  alba.    Ivory  Gull. 

Known  on  Long  Island  from  a  single  specimen,  shot  by  a 
farmer  who  was  "rigged  out  for  ducks  in  an  ice  hole  on  Great 
South  Bay  near  Sayville"  about  Jan.  5,  1893  (Dutcher,  Auk, 
xii,  1893,  p.  290). 

17.  Rissa  tridactyla.    Kittiwake  Gull. 

A  common  winter  visitor,  Nov.  4  (Rockaway)  to  Feb.  27 
(Rockaway).  It  arrives  on  Long  Island  a  little  later  on  the 
average  than  the  Great  Black-backed  Gull,  sometimes  becom- 
ing abundant  bv  the  last  of  November. 

18.  Lams  glaucus.    Glaucous  Gull. 

A  rare  winter  visitor,  Jan.  2  to  May  1.  Recent  records  are 
two  March  11,  1884,  (South  Oyster  Bay,  Dutcher,  Auk,  ii, 
]>.  37),  January  11,  1891,  (Far  Rockaway,  Howell  and  Foster, 
Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  X.  Y.,  no.  3,  p.  5,  1891;  same  record, 
Ornith.  and  OoL,  xvi,  p.  61).  Other  records  are,  Jan.  2, 
1901;  Jan.  13,  1901;  March  13,  1904;  and  May  1,  1904,  all, 
Rockaway  by  Mr.  Robt.  L.  Peavey  of  Brooklyn,  the  skins  hav- 
ing been  examined  by  writer. 

19.  Lams  leucopterus.    Iceland  Gull. 

Very  rare  winter  visitor.    A  recent  record  is  Rockaway 


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Beach,  February  6,  1898,  a  nearly  pure  white  skin  taken  by  Mr. 
R.  L.  Peavey,  and  examined  by  the  writer,  and  later  by  Dr. 
Jonathan  Dwight,  Jr. 

20.  Larus  kumlieni.    Kumlien's  Gull. 

Represented  on  Long  Island  by  a  single  specimen,  (Braislin, 
Auk,  xvi,  p.  190).  This  is  an  immature  bird  and  was  examined 
originally  by  Mr.  William  Brewster  who  was  inclined  to  believe 
it  of  this  species  but  deemed  it  wise  to  refer  it  to  the  former 
until  sufficient  data  became  available  to  determine  the  question 
without  a  doubt.  This  work  has  now  been  done  and  the 
status  of  this  specimen  determined  by  Dr.  Dwight  (Auk, 
xxiii,  1906,  p.  37;  see  also  Braislin,  Auk,  xxii,  1905,  p.  168).  It 
was  shot  bv  a  gunner  March  S,  1S9S,  while  stooling  for  Old- 
squaws  on  the  ocean,  several  miles  from  land. 

21.  Larus  marinus.    Great  Black-backed  Gull. 
Common  in  winter,  not  usually  arriving  in  numbers  much 

before  Christmas.  Nov.  3  (Rockaway)  to  March  13  (Rock- 
away). 

22.  Larus  argentatus.    American  Herrixg  Gull. 
Permanent  resident,  though  not  at  the  present  time  a  breeding 

bird.  Abundant  from  October  to  April.  During  late  years 
the  number  of  Herring  Gulls  which  pass  the  summer  on  Long 
Island  is  increasing.  The  flocks  noted  contain  birds  of  vari- 
ous ages  and  stages  of  plumage.  Formerly  a  few  were  accus- 
tomed to  summer  at  the  eastern  end  of  the  island  only,  but 
during  the  past  two  years  they  are  not  rarely  seen  along  all 
parts  of  the  south  shore  during  the  summer.  In  winter  an 
unnumbered  multitude  of  these  gulls  passes  the  season  here. 

23.  Larus  delawarensis.    Ring-billed  Gull. 

A  regular  transient  visitant;  often  abundant  in  autumn; 
rare  or  casual  in  winter  and  summer.  Sept.  5  (Freeport)  to 
Nov.  12  (Rockaway);  and  March  27  (N.  Y.  harbor)  to  May 
15  (Rockaway). 


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24.  Larus  atricilla.    LAUGHING  Gull. 

Now  a  rare  summer  resident;  formerly  abundant.  Recent 
records  are  -Tune  15  (Amityville)  and  Sept.  2  (Rockaway).  At 
the  former  date  the  species  was  believed  to  be  nesting. 

25.  Larus  Philadelphia.    Bonaparte's  Gull. 

Regular  winter  visitor.  Nov.  IS  (Rockaway)  to  May  11 
(Rockaway). 

("ailed  "Sea  Pigeon"  on  Long  Island.  They  seem  erratic 
as  regards  their  arrival  and  departure.  They  almost  in- 
variably occur  with  ns  in  flocks  of  considerable  size,  their 
sudden  appearance  or  their  absence  bearing  no  apparent 
relation  to  weather  conditions  but  probably  dependent  on  the 
abundance  of  small  fish  in  our  waters.  They  occur  at  any  time 
throughout  the  winter.  A  large  flock,  strung  out  laterally, 
in  rapid  flight,  each  individual  seemingly  striving  to  outdo  the 
others,  is  an  occasional  animating  sight  on  our  bays. 

26.  Larus  minutus.    Little  Gull. 

This  European  representative  of  the  gull  family  has  been 
recorded  twice  from  Long  Island,  these  constituting  the  only 
two  records  for  North  America  as  well.  They  are,  Fire  Island, 
about  Sept.  15,  1897  (Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  171)  and 
Rockaway  Beach,  May  10,  1902  (Braislin,  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  52). 

27.  Xema  sabinii.    Sabine's  Gull. 

Casual  on  Long  Island.  Recorded  from  Raynor  South, 
in]  the  month  of  July,  1837  (Giraud,  Birds  of  L.  /.,  p.  363), 
and  again  on  Gardiner's  Bay,  Shelter  Island,  Oct.  6,  1899 
(Worthington,  Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p.  63). 

2s.    Gelochelidon  nilotica.    Gull-billed  or  Marsh  Tern. 

Rare  autumnal  visitor.  Nesting  as  far  north  as  Virginia, 
it  sometimes  wanders  northward.  Recent  records  are,  South 
Oyster  Bay,  July  4,  1882  and  Shinnecock  Bay,  July  8,  1884 
(Dutcher,  Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  4,  and  ii,  1885,  p.  38). 


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29.  Sterna  caspia.    Caspian  Tern. 

Of  world-wide  distribution,  it  occurs,  probably,  regularly  as  a 
transient  during  spring  and  fall  migrations,  though  not  noticed 
by  Giraud.  May  11  ( Amityville) ;  and  Sept.  3  (Amityville) 
to  Sept.  13  (Shinnecock).  Recent  records  are,  six  specimens 
from  Shinnecock  Bay,  Sept.  7-13,  1882  (Dutcher,  Auk,  i, 
1884,  p.  34)  three,  May  11,  1898,  and  two  Sept.  3,  1898,  at 
Amityville  (Braislin,  Auk,  xvi,  1899,  p.  40).  They  have  been 
noted,  almost  invariably,  in  pairs. 

30.  Sterna  maxima.    Royal  Tern. 

Breeding  as  far  north  as  Virginia,  it  is  known  on  Long  Island 
from  a  single  specimen  only,  taken  at  Raynor  South,  Aug.  27, 
1831,  by  J.  F.  Ward  (Chapman  Guide  to  Local  Collection  of 
Birds,  p.  17). 

31.  Sterna  trudeaui.    Trudeau's  Terx. 

Accidental  wanderer  from  South  America  and  evidence  of  its 
occurrence  is  open  to  doubt.  It  is  included  by  Giraud  in  his 
work,  the  text  leading  to  the  inference  that  he  had  met  with  it. 
He  mentions  it  as  having  been  found  commonly  at  Absecom 
Beach,  X.  J.,  on  one  occasion.  Mr.  Chapman  probably  refers 
to  Giraud's  record  in  stating  that  it  has  been  taken  once  on 
Long  Island  (Birds  of  E.  X.  Am.,  1895,  p.  80). 

32.  Sterna  forsteri.    Forster's  Tern. 

Casual  on  Long  Island,  breeding  chiefly  in  the  interior  of 
North  America  and  on  the  coast  as  far  northward  as  Virginia. 
It  was  twice  recorded  by  X.  T.  Lawrence  (Forest  and  Stream,  x, 
1878,  p.  13  and  p.  235). 

33.  Sterna  hirundo.    Common  oh  Wilson's  Tern. 

The  "Summer  Gull"  is  a  common  summer  resident  at  the 
eastern  end  of  Long  Island.  It  is  said  to  have  nested,  formerly, 
along  the  whole  south  shore.  May  20  (Amagansett)  to  Oct. 
15  (Fire  Island,  Dutcher)- 


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34.  Sterna  paradisaea.    ARCTIC  Tern. 

Apparently  a  rare  migrant.  They  nest  as  far  south  as  the 
coast  of  Massachusetts  (Mackay,  Auk,  xii,  1895,  p.  43),  occur- 
ring widelv  throughout  the  northern  hemisphere  and  southward 
to  South  America  and  Africa  (Cat.  Brit.  Mus.,  xxv,  1890,  p.  65). 
The  onlv  recent  Long  Island  specimen  known  to  the  wrriter  is 
one  taken  on  Ram  Island  Shoals,  by  William  Dutcher,  July 
1,  1884.    (Chapman,  Guide  to  Local  collection,  p.  18.) 

35.  Sterna  dougalli.    Roseate  Tern. 

A  not  common  summer  resident.  It  was  found  nesting 
with  a  large  colony  of  Common  Terns  at  the  eastern  end  of 
Long  Island,  June  19,  1902,  by  the  writer;  also  found  at  Little 
Gull  Island  Aug.  6  to  16,  1888,  by  Mr.  B.  H.  Dutcher  (Auk, 
yi,  1889,  p.  127). 

36.  Sterna  antillarum.    Least  Terx. 

A  rare  migrant;  formerly,  abundant  summer  resident  along 
the  whole  southern  coast  of  Long  Island.  It  nested  as  late 
as  1894,  and  probably  does  so  in  small  numbers  still,  on  Muskeget 
Id.,  Mass.  (Mackay,  Auk,  xii,  1895,  p.  44).  "It  arrives  on  Long 
Island  in  the  month  of  May,  and  returns  south  in  autumn" 
(Giraud,  Birds  of  L.  I.,  p.  351). 

37.  Sterna  fuliginosa.    Sooty  Terx. 

The  only  specimen  of  this  species  recorded  on  Long  Island 
was  taken  by  Mr.  Chas.  I^arle  at  Lake  Ronkonkoma,  a  small 
fresh-water  lake  in  the  centre  of  the  island,  during  a  gale,  when 
a  flock  of  considerable  size  was  observed,  all,  presumably  of  the 
same  species,  September  13,  1878.  (Dutcher,  Auk,  iii,  p.  433). 
Numerous  records  exist  for  the  species  in  Xew  England,  most 
of  them  for  the  years  1876,  1877  and  1878. 

38.  Hydrochelidon  nigra  surinamensis.    Black  Terx. 
Common  transient  in  the  autumn.   July  21  (Amityville)  to 

Sept.  14  (Rockaway). 


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The  writer  has  been  able  to  obtain  no  spring  records,  but 
has  met  with  it  regularly  on  the  south  shore  for  several  years, 
each  autumn. 

39.  Rynchops  nigra.    Black  Skimmer. 

It  is  probably  a  rare  but  regular  summer  visitor  off  the  coast 
of  Long  Island. 

"It  is  rarely  seen  with  us  except  at  midsummer"  (Giraud, 
Birds  of  L.  I.,  p.  349).  A  specimen  taken  near  South  Oyster 
Bay,  August  2,  1884,  was  recorded  by  Mr.  George  Bird  Grinnell 
(Forest  and  Stream,  xxiii,  1884,  p.  24),  and  in  the  same  com- 
munication he  refers  to  "a  remarkable  flight  one  year  ago  along 
Long  Island  and  the  New  England  coasts."  The  writer  be- 
lieves that  these  birds  are  not  so  rare  as  dearth  of  recent  records 
would  lead  one  to  suppose.  Bavmen  who  fish  outside  the 
inlets  frequently  report  seeing  birds  they  call  "Flood  Gulls" 
which  in  appearance  and  manner  of  flight  are  scarcely  to  be 
mistaken  for  anything  else.  Mr.  A.  Chichester,  a  most  reliable 
observer,  reported  one  off  Amity ville  May  20,  1898,  and  another 
record  which  is  regarded  as  reliable  would  extend  the  season  of 
occurrence  here  to  Oct.  12.  It  is  not  known  as  a  nesting 
species  north  of  the  coast  of  southern  Xew  Jersey. 

40.  Puffinus  borealis.    Cory's  Shearwater. 

Probably  a  regular  summer  visitor  oft*  our  coast.  Aug. 
G  to  Oct.  18.  Its  nesting  place  is  unknown  but  is  probably 
on  some  island  or  islands  of  the  Southern  Hemisphere.  Six 
were  reported  at  Amagansett  on  Oct.  IS,  1887  (W.  Dutcher, 
Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  173);  at  Gardiner's  Bay  in  September  and 
October,  1886  (Chadbourne,  Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  202);  at  Little 
Gull  Island  Aug.  6-16,  1888  (B.  H.  Dutcher,  Auk,  vi,  1889, 
p.  128);  and  at  Fire  Island  Inlet  two  were  taken,  Oct.  4,  1902 
(Braislin,  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  287). 

41.  Puffinus   gravis.    Greater  Shearwater. 
Occasionally  seen  off  the  Long  Island  coast,  it  is  more  familiar 


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to  trans-Atlantic  travellers  and  deep  sea  fishermen  than  to 
landsmen  or  even  to  coastwise  sailors.  It  appears  in  early 
June,  and  is  irregularly  common  until  November  (Chapman, 
Guidi  to  Local  collection,  1894,  p.  19).    It  is  called  "Hagdon." 

\2.    Puffinus  lherminieri.    Audubon's  Shearwater. 

Rare  transient  or  accidental  visitor  and  known  on  Long 
Island  from  but  one  specimen,  taken  at  Bellport,  August  1, 
1897  (Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  173).  This  is  likewise  its 
most  northern  record. 

43.  Puffinus  fuliginosus.    Sooty  Shearwater. 

A  bird  of  the  North  Atlantic  Ocean  and  rarely  observed 
oft'  the  Long  Island  coast.  A  single  specimen  was  shot  at 
Quogue,  in  July,  1850  (G.  N.  Lawrence,  Ann.  Lyceum  Nat. 
Hist.,  v,  1852,  p.  220).  One  was  taken  at  Montauk,  Aug.  15, 
1907,  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Weber. 

44.  -flCstrelata  hasitata.    Black-capped  Petrel. 

Normally  of  the  warmer  parts  of  the  Atlantic.  There  is 
but  one  Long  Island  record,  that  of  a  specimen  taken  at  Quogue, 
in  L850  '(i.  N.  Lawrence,  Ami.  Lyc.  Nat.  Hist.,  v,  1852,  ]>. 
220). 

4.").    Oceanodroma  leucorhoa.    Leach's  Petrel. 

Apparently  a  rare  migrant.  It  breeds  from  the  coast  of 
Maine  northward  and  is  also  found  commonly  on  the  Pacific.  A 
single  specimen  struck  Fire  Island  Light,  May  4,  1888  (Dutcher, 
Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  131).  It  has  been  noted  by  observers  along 
the  coast  also  in  July  and  August,  but  these  observations  seem 
not  to  exclude  a  possible  confusion  with  the  following  species. 

40.    Oceanites  oceanicus.    Wilson's  Petrel. 

This  is  the  common  petrel  found  off  our  coast  in  summer. 
July  20  (Rockaway,  W.  Dutcher,  Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  132)  to  Aug. 
17  (Little  Gull  Island,  B.  H.  Dutcher,  Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  128). 


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\, .    Sula  sula.  Booby. 

There  is  but  a  single  Long  Island  record,  one  bird  taken  at 
Moriches  Bay  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  270). 

48.  Sula  bassana.  Gannett. 

A  comparatively  common,  regular  transient  visitor.  March 
23  (Montauk)  to  May  9  (Montauk)  and  October  5  (Montauk) 
to  December  5  (Montauk)  and  December  4  (Roekaway). 
It  is  most  common  in  November  when  large  numbers  are  fre- 
quently observed,  usually  far  outside  the  beach. 

49.  Phalacrocorax  carbo.  Cormorant. 

Apparently  a  rare  transient  visitor.  Mr.  William  Dutcher 
records  a  specimen  from  Little  Gull  Island  Light,  Sept.  24,  1888. 
The  keeper  of  the  light  who  secured  this  bird  wrote  that  they 
were  apparently  not  rare  at  about  that  season  but  less  common 
than  the  Double-crested  Cormorant  with  which  they  were 
usually  associated  (Dutcher,  Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  133).  The 
same  observer  has  reported  that  on  November  8  a  number  of 
cormorants  was  seen  of  which  about  one  third  were  believed 
to  be  of  this  species  {Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  200). 

50.  Phalacrocorax  dilophus.    Double-crested  Cormorant. 

This  species  is  a  common  migrant  in  the  fall.  Occasional  in 
summer.  Aug.  26  (Montauk)  to  Nov.  5  (Jamaica  Bay)  and 
April  20  (Jamaica  Bay)  to  May  15  (Montauk).  In  flight  these 
birds  are  doubtless  often  mistaken  for  wild  geese,  to  which 
their  manner  of  flying,  in  an  apparently  angled  figure,  bears  a 
close  resemblance.  At  a  distance,  at  which  their  color  is  not 
distinguishable,  they  are,  no  doubt,  often  thus  confused.  Hence, 
doubtless,  the  name  "  Nigger  Geese"  by  which  they  are  called 
by  the  baymen  on  Long  Island  and  elsewhere. 

51.  Pelecanus  erythrorhynchos.    American  White  Pelk  \\. 
A  specimen  in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  is  from 


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Long  Island  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  270).  Another  was 
killed  at  Eioslyn,  May  11,  1885  [Forest  and  Stream,  xxiv,  p. 
328). 

52.  Pelecanus  occidentalis.    Brown  Pelican. 

A  specimen  taken  off  Sandy  Hook,  in  1S44,  constitutes  the 
only  record  (DeKay,  Birds  of  New  York,  1843,  p.  294). 

53.  Fregata  aquila.    Man-o-war  Bird. 

A  straggler  from  the  tropics,  it  has  occurred  as  far  north  as 
Nova  Scotia.  One  was  shot,  August  4,  1886,  on  Gardiner's 
Island  (Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  p.  173).  Another  was  captured  on 
Faulkner's  Island,  Long  Island  Sound,  in  1859  (Grinnell, 
Amer.  Naturalist,  ix,  p.  470). 

54.  Mergarser  americanus.    Am  eric  ax  Merganser. 

A  not  very  common  winter  visitor,  November  4  (Amityville) 
to  December  30  (Amityville).  It  comes  southward  in  the  fall 
much  later  than  the  Red-breasted  species  and  a  veteran  bayman 
has  stated  to  me  that  he  never  has  seen  it  until  the  first  ice 
has  formed  at  the  edges  of  the  bay. 

55.  Merganser  serrator.    Red-breasted  Merganser. 
Abundant  transient  visitor. 

As  a  migrant  it  is  common,  Oct.  15  (Amityville)  to  Dec.  25 
(Rockaway)  and  March  25  (Amityville)  to  May  2  (Amagansett) . 
It  is  occasionally  seen  on  the  bays  in  thousands.  Occasionally 
small  flocks  or  single  birds  are  found  in  summer  and  large 
flocks  are  not  unknown  in  winter.  Eight  were  seen  July  1 1 
at  Freeport  by  the  writer.  They  do  not  breed  on  Long  Island 
but  they  may  occur  here  at  any  time  of  the  year. 

56.  Lophodytes  cucullatus.    Hooded  Merganser. 

Common  transient  visitant,  Nov.  5  (Montauk)  to  Dec.  14 
(Amityville).  Possibly  a  rare  summer  resident,  for  two  adult 
females  were  collected  in  reedy  sloughs  at  Canarsie  Junejl3, 


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1891,  by  the  late  C.  C.  Young  of  Brooklyn.  Rare  in  mid- 
winter. They  are  more  common  in  November  than  any  month. 
Rare  in  the  spring. 

.",7.    Anas  boschas.  Mallard. 

Rather  uncommon  transient  visitor.  Oct.  3  to  Dec.  24. 
March  and  April.  They  occur  in  small  numbers  here,  usually 
in  company  with  the  Black  Duck. 

58.  Anas  obscura.    Black  Duck. 

Common  permanent  resident.  Abundant  in  spring  and 
fall.  At  Montauk  Point  the  nest  containing  eggs  has  been 
found  as  early  as  April  5  (1905). 

An  observing  bayman,  Andrew  Chichester  of  Amity ville, 
informs  me  that  he  has  many  times  taken  specimens  of  the 
Black  Duck  which  show  decided  traces  of  hybridism  with  the 
Mallard.  One  of  these,  sent  me,  showed  distinct  traces  of  both 
parents;  wings  and  tail  are  those  of  the  Mallard;  back  and 
breast  are  like  the  Black  Duck;  the  cheeks  and  sides  of  the 
head  glossed  with  green;  the  breast  tinged  with  vinaceous. 

59.  Anas  obscura  rubripes.    Red-legged  Black  Dk  k. 
Rather  common  winter  visitor.    It  is  largely  confused  with 

the  preceding,  but  the  more  observing  baymen  and  gunners 
regard  them  as  different  (Braislin,  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  288). 

60.  Chaulelasmus  streperus.    Gadwall;  Gray  Duck. 

A  very  rare  or  casual  visitor.  Giraud  recorded  it.  Mr. 
William  Dutcher  gives  records  of  two  or  more  examples  (Auk, 
v,  1S88,  p.  173).  One  is  contained  in  the  Long  Island  His- 
torical Society  collection  (Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  270). 

61.  Mareca  penelope.    European  Widgeon. 

Casual.  Several  examples  of  this  species  have  been  taken 
on  Long  Island.  Giraud  recorded  a  specimen,  (Birds  of  L.  I ., 
1844,  p.  309),  three  were  secured,  in  1901,  1902  and  1903,  at 


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Gardiner's  Island  (Braislin,  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  288).  N.  T. 
Lawrence  recorded  one  taken  January  6,  1S73  (Bull.  X.  0.  C, 
iii,  1878,  ]>.  98)  and  another,  Nov.  27,  1901,  from  Gardiner's 
[sland  {Auk,  xi.x,  1902,  p.  195). 

62.  Mareca  americana.    American  Widgeon;  Baldpate. 
Occasionally  abundant  in  autumn.    March  8  ( Amity ville) 

to  April  16  (Montauk)  and  Oct.  10  (Montauk)  to  Feb.  5 
(Gardiners  Island).  Sometimes  it  remains  all  winter.  It  is 
rarely  seen  in  summer.  One  was  shot  in  prime  condition  at 
Plum  Island,  Aug.  9,  1S9S,  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme. 

63.  Nettion  crecca.    European  Teal. 

Casual.  This  species  was  included  without  remark,  in 
George  X.  Lawrence's  "Catalogue  of  the  Birds  observed  on 
New  York,  Long  and  Staten  Islands"  {Ann.  Lye.  Nat.  Hist., 
viii,  1S67,  p.  297).  Two  specimens  in  company  with  a  small 
flock  of  Green-winged  Teal  were  secured  at  Merrick  in  Decem- 
ber, 1900  (Braislin,  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  145),  and  apparently  con- 
stitute the  only  recent  records  for  Long  Island. 

64.  Nettion  carolinensis.    Green-winged  Teal. 

Not  common  transient  visitor.  March  8  (Amity ville).  Oct. 
2  (Centre  Moriches)  to  Nov.  30  (Lynbrook  and  Lake  Grove, 
A.  H.  Howell.    Rare  in  winter  and  spring. 

65.  Querquedula  discors.    Blue-winged  Teal. 

Not  common  transient  visitor.  March  24  (Amityville)  to 
April  21  (^Moriches)  and  Aug.  28  (Long  Beach)  to  Oct.  25 
(Rockaway);  Aug.  27  (Montauk). 

'iti.    Spatula  clypeata.  Shoveller. 

Rare  transient  visitor.    Oct.  25  to  Nov.  29  (both  Amityville). 

67.    Dafila  acuta.  Pintail; 

Rather  common  transient  visitant;  rarely  wintering.    As  a 


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rule,  rare  on  the  eastern  end  of  the  island  (Montauk) ;  on  the 
western  end  sometimes  common  (Freeport).  Occurrences, 
Sept.  13  (Shinnecock)  to  Oct.  25  ( Amityville) ;  March  3 
(Montauk,  A.  H.  Helme)  to  March  6  (Amityville).  The  local 
name  is  "Sprigtail." 

68.  Aix  sponsa.    Wood  Duck. 

A  rare  summer  resident.  May  2  (Jamaica)  to  Nov.  27 
(Lake  Grove,  A.  H.  Howell). 

69.  Netta  rufina.    Rufous-crested  Duck. 

A  specimen  was  found  in  Fulton  Market,  all  the  evidence 
pointing  to  its  capture  on  Long  Island  (Ridgway,  Proc.  U.  S. 
Nat  Mus.,  iv,  18S2,  pp.  22-24). 

70.  Aythya  americana.  Redhead. 

Locally  common  on  eastern  end  of  island .  but  rather  rare 
transient  visitor  as  a  rule  elsewhere.  Sept.  30  (East  Bay)  to 
Jan.  9  (Great  South  Bay)  and  Feb.  15  (Montauk)  to  [March 
22  i Montauk). 

71.  Aythya  vallisneria.  Canvas-back. 

Rare  transient  visitor.  Oct.  20  (East  Bay)  to  Feb.  11  (Am- 
ityville). 

72.  Aythya    marila.     American    Scaup    Duck;  Greater 
Broadbill. 

Abundant  transient  visitor,  also  common  in  winter.  A  few 
occasionally  seen  in  summer.  September  1  (East  Bav)  to 
April  22  (Great  South  Bay). 

73.  Aythya  affinis.    Lesser  Scaup  Duck;  Little  Broad- 
bill. 

Common  transient  visitant;  also  winters,  but  not  commonlv. 
Oct.  1  (Great  South  Bay)  to  April  28  (Great  South  Bay).  Lo- 
cally known  as  "Creek  Broadbill." 


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74.    Aythya  collaris.    RlNG-NECKED  Duck. 

Casual.  A  specimen  from  Long  Island  is  contained  in  the 
collection  of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  (Dntcher, 
Auk,  x.  p.  270).  A  recent  record  is  at  Amityville,  Nov.  3, 
1898,  (Braislin,  Auk,  xvi,  1899,  p.  191). 

7.').    Clangula  clangula  americana.    American  Golden-eye; 
Whistler. 

Common  winter  visitor.  Dec.  5  (Great  South  Bay)  to 
April  (Miller's  Place,  A.  H.  Helme). 

70.    Clangula  islandica.    Barrow's  Goldex-eye. 

An  example  of  this  species  in  the  collection  of  the  Long 
Island  Historical  Society  was  secured  on  Long  Island  (Dutcher, 
Auk,  x,  1S93,  p.  270). 

77.  Charitonetta  albeola.  Buffle-head. 

Rather  common  winter  visitant.  December  S  (Amitvville) 
to  April  6  (Rockaway).    The  local  name  is  "  Butter-ball." 

78.  Hare  Ida  hye  maris.  Old-squaw. 

Abundant  winter  visitor.  October  15  (Rockawav)  to  May  1 
(Rockawav). 

7(.k    Histrionicus  histrionicus.    Harlequin  Duck. 

Very  rare  winter  visitor  and  chiefly  on  the  eastern  end  of 
the  island.  There  are  records  of  about  ten  specimens  secured 
during  the  past  25  years.  One  of  a  pair  was  killed  at  Mont  auk 
on  December  6,  1900,  by  Capt.  James  Scott. 

SO.    Camptolaimus  labradorius.    Labrador  Duck. 

Probably  most  of  the  specimens  of  this  extinct  duck,  now 
in  the  museums  of  America  and  Europe,  were  taken  on  Long 
Island.  Mr.  Akhurst  has  informed  me  that  he  sent  many 
skins  to  European  collectors  in  former  years,  at  a  time  when 
definite  labels  with  skins  were  not  considered  essential,  all  of 


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which  were  brought  to  him  from  the  "south  shore"  by  travel- 
ling baymen  or  peddlers.  G.  D.  Rowley  believed  that  the 
last  specimen  of  this  duck  ever  captured  came  from  Long  Is- 
land in  the  fall  of  1S74.  (See  J.  A.  Allen's  review  of  Rowley's 
paper  on  "The  Pied  Duck,"  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  p.  79.) 

81.  Somateria  dresseri.    American  Eider. 

Rare'winter  visitor  on  the  eastern  end  of  Long  Island.  A 
specimen  taken  at  Montauk,  March  25,  1894,  by  Mr.  Dutcher 
is  recorded  by  R.  P.  Whitfield  (Auk,  xi,  1894,  p.  323). 

82.  Somateria  spectabilis.    King  Eider. 

Apparently  a  rare  but  regular  winter  visitor.  Nov.  13 
( Amity ville)  to  April  21  (Ditch  Plain,  Auk,  v,  1SSS,  p.  174). 

83.  Oidemia  americana.    American  Scoter. 

Common  winter  visitor  and  occasionally  seen  in  summer. 
Nov.  3  (Amityville)  to  April  17  (Rockaway) ;  one  at  Montauk, 
Sept.  17.  They  are  locally  known  as  the  ''Yellow-nosed  Coot" 
andjwhen  immature  as  the  "Booby  Duck." 

84.  Oidemia  deglandi.    White- winged  Scoter. 

Common  winter  visitor  and  known  as  the  "Coot."  Oct.  15 
(Rockaway)  to  April  13  (Rockaway).  Mr.  C.  G.  Abbott  saw 
a  bird  of  this  species,  probably  previously  disabled,  at  Gardi- 
ner's Island,  July  4,  1903. 

85.  Oidemia  perspicillata.    Surf  Scoter. 

Common  winter  visitor  and  known  as  the  "Bald-headed 
Coot"  or  "Sea  Coot."  They  begin  to  be  common  at  Mon- 
tauk by  Sept.  1.  Oct.  17  (Quogue)  to  Apr.  13  (Rockaway). 
Almost  every  summer  one  or  several,  probably  because  unable 
from  wounds  or  age  to  migrate,  pass  the  summer  on  Long 
Island. 

SO.    Erismatura  jamaicensis.    Ruddy  Di  ck. 

Xot  ordinarily  a  common  winter  visitor,  occasionally,  how- 


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ever,  occurring  in  autumn  in  great  numbers  at  favored  local- 
ities.    Oct.  17   (Quogue)  to  May  22  (RockawayJ. 

87.  Chen  hyperborea  nivalis.    Greater  Snow  Goose. 

Rare  autumnal  migrant.  Recorded  at  Shinnecock  Bay,  Oct. 
8,  1881  (Dutcher,  Auk,  i,  1SS4,  p.  34).  At  Point  Lookout 
Life  Saving  Station  on  Nov.  24,  1901,  several  flocks  were  re- 
ported to  the  writer  as  seen  during  a  heavy  northeast  gale, 
all  going  westerly,  by  a  member  of  the  life-saving  crew.  One 
flock  contained  30  birds.  One  was  noted  by  the  writer  Jan. 
30,  1902,  at  Rockaway  Beach.  One  was  secured  near  Sag 
Harbor,  Nov.  IS,  1903  (Braislin,  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  287). 

88.  Chen  caerulescens.    Blue  Goose. 

Casual  visitor.  One  from  Ponquogue,  Shinnecock  Bay, 
is  contained  in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society. 

89.  Anser    albifrons    gambeli.     American  White-footed 
Goose. 

Casual.  Several  specimens  are  in  the  collection  of  the  Long 
Island  Historical  Society.  One  was  killed  at  Sag  Harbor, 
Oct.  18,  1SS9  (Braislin,  Auk,  xx,  p.  52). 

90.  Branta  canadensis.    Canada  Goose. 

Common  transient  visitant;  less  common  in  winter.  Oct.  1 
(Montauk)  to  Dec.  31  (Montauk)  and  Feb.  27  (Montauk)  to 
April  28  (Montauk). 

91.  Branta  canadensis  hutchinsi.    Hutchins's  Goose. 

Giraud  says  of  this  species,  "On  the  eastern  extremity  of 
Long  Island  this  species  is  not  uncommon.  At  Montauk  it  is 
known  by  the  name  of  "Mud  Goose,"  and  is  frequently  ob- 
served in  company  with  the  preceding  species,  [Canada  Goose] 
to  which,  in  the  general  color  of  its  plumage,  it  bears  a  strong 
resemblance.  In  size  it  is  much  smaller,  though  larger  than 
the  Brant,  exceeding  that  species  about  three  inches,  [in  length] 


and  having  the  white  patch  on  the  sides  of  the  head  similar  to 
the  Canada  Goose"  (Birds  of  Long  Island,  p.  292).  By  the 
baymen  and  gunners  it  is  not  distinguished  from  B.  canadensis 
and  probably  is  of  occasional  occurrence. 

92.  Branta  bernicla.  Brant. 

A  common  transient  visitant.  Nov.  18  (Rockaway)  to  Jan. 
1  (Rockaway)  and  March  6  (Rockaway)  to  May  10  (Rock- 
away). 

93.  Branta  nigricans.    Black  Braxt. 

Several  Long  Island  records.  The  Long  Island  Historical 
Society  possesses  a  specimen.  Another  was  killed  on  Great 
South  Bay  in  the  springof  1889  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  266; 
also,  Auk,  x,  p.  271). 

94.  Branta  leucopsis.    Barnacle  Goose. 

This  Old  World  species  is  known  on  Long  Island  from  a 
specimen  recorded  by  Mr.  George  N.  Lawrence  (Bull.  N.  0. 
C,  ii,  1877,  p.  IS). 

95.  Olor  columbianus.    Whistling  Swan. 

Rare  transient  visitor.  Several  were  reported  a  few  years 
ago  (Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  1SSS,  p.  176).  A  recent  occurrence 
at  a  near-by  locality  (Guilford,  Conn.)  is  recorded  in  early 
November,  1893  (Bishop,  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  N.  ¥.,  1S93- 
4,  no.  6,  p.  11).  A  specimen  was  recently  obtained  within  the 
limits  of  Greater  New  York  in  a  small  tide-water  creek  of 
Jamaica  Bay  (Braislin,  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  52). 

96.  Guara  alba.    White  Ibis. 

A  casual  visitor.  Giraud  recorded  two  instances  of  its  occur- 
rence on  Long  Island  (Birds  of  Long  Island,  p.  275).  A 
specimen  was  seen  at  Milford,  Conn.,  May  23,  1895  (Grinnell 
Amcr.  Nat.,  ix,  p.  470).    A  local  name  is  "  Spanish  Curlew." 


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97.  Plegadis  autumnalis.    (i lossy  [bis. 

A  casual  visitor.  Two  specimens  are  in  the  collection  of 
the  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  one  from  Southampton, 
the  other  from  Jamaica  Bay  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1S93,  p.  271). 

98.  Tantalus  loculator.    Wood  Ibis. 

A  casual  visitor.  A  specimen  was  secured  at  East  Marion, 
Long  Island,  June  21,  1S90  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1S93,  p.  266). 

99.  Botaums  lentiginosus.    American  Bittern. 

Common  transient  visitant.  Aug.  4  (Shinnecock)  to  Decem- 
ber 11  (Rockaway)  and  April  16  (Sheepshead  Bay)  to  May  5 
(Montauk). 

LOO.    Ardetta  exilis.    Least  Bittern. 

Common  summer  resident.  June  5  (Rockaway)  to  Aug.  28 
(Freeport). 

101.  Ardea  herodias.    Great  Blue  Herox. 

Observed  at  Gardiner's  Island  during  first  week  in  July, 
1903,  by  Mr.  C.  G.  Abbott.  Probably  a  rare  summer  resident 
at  this  and  other  restricted  areas;  April  9  (Montauk)  and  April 
13  (Rockaway)  to  May  21  (Amityville)  and  July  21  (Amityville) 
to  Nov.  16  (Montauk).  Rarely  seen  in  winter  (Foster,  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  X.  Y .,  1892-3,  no.  5,  p.  2). 

102.  Herodias  egretta.    American  Egret. 

Rare  autumnal  visitor.  It  was  recorded  from  South  Oyster 
Bay,  Aug.  3,  1882  (Dutcher,  Auk,  i,  1876,  p.  32);  from  Jamaica 
Bay  Oct.  1,1897  (Braislin,  Auk,  xvii,  p.  69);  from  Montauk, 
July  23,  1900  (Braislin,  Auk,  xix,  p.  145).  The  writer  has  seen 
a  number  of  mounted  birds  of  this  species  taken  on  Long  Island 
concerning  which  no  data  other  than  the  evidence  afforded  by 
the  skins,  were  available. 

L03.    Egretta  candidissima.    Snowy  Herox. 
Rare  autumnal  visitor.    The  occurrence  of  several  specimens 


Photographs  by  C.  a.  Abbott. 


Young  Piping  Plover,  Montauk  Point. 


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was  recorded  July  11-17,  1881,  and  July  1-3,  1883,  at  South 
Oyster  Bay  by  Mr.  Dutcher  (Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  32).  On  May  30, 
1885,  the  same  observer  saw  several  at  Sayville  as  if  preparing 
nests  (Auk,  iii,  p.  435).  Mr.  Louis  A.  Zerega  recorded  the 
capture  of  a  specimen  on  Great  South  Bay,  August  4,  1881. 
(Bull  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  248).  Latterly  they  seem  to  have 
become  the  rarest  of  the  three  species  of  white  herons  (counting 
the  immature  Florida  ccerulea  as  one)  which  occur. 

104.  Hydranassa  ruficollis.    Louisiana  Heron. 
Accidental   visitant.    Giraud    says,    "A   single  specimen, 

shot  near  Patchogue  in  the  summer  of  1836,  is  the  only  indi- 
vidual of  this  species  that  I  have  known  to  be  procured  in  this 
vicinity."    (Birds  of  L.  I.,  p.  282.) 

105.  Florida  cserulea.    Little  Blue  Herox. 

Rare  spring  and  fall  migrant.  There  are  a  number  of  records 
for  this  species.  It  is  believed  by  the  writer  that  some  have 
been  observed  every  season  for  several  years  past.  Recent 
records  are,  E.  Rockaway,  Aug.  1899;  Hempstead  Bay,  Aug. 
1900  (Braislin,  Auk,  xix,  p.  146),  and  a  flock  of  nine  individuals, 
one  of  which  was  secured,  seen  at  Seaford,  Aug.  13,  1902. 

10(5.    Butorides  virescens.    Greex  Heron. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  16  (Sheepshead  Bay) 
to  Sept.  17  (Sheepshead  Bay). 

107.  Nycticorax  nycticorax  naevius.    Black-crowned  Xight 
Heron. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  12  (Brooklyn)  to  Septem- 
ber 29  (Brooklyn).  It  has  also  been  noted  in  winter.  There 
is  an  enormous  colony  at  Roslvn. 

108.  Nyctanassa  violaceus.    Yellow-crowned  Xight  Herox. 

Casual  visitor.  One  was  captured  alive  in  a  swamp  near 
Freeport  in  April,  1893  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  266). 


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Another  was  taken  at  Wading  River  in  April,  1901,  by  Mr. 
A.  Hoffmann,  and  is  now  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Arthur  H. 
11  rime.  A  third  specimen  has  recently  been  recorded,  observed 
at  Orient  (Braislin,  Auk,  xxiv,  1907,  p.  1ST). 

109.    Rallus  elegans.    King  Rail. 

Probably  rare  summer  resident.  March  3  (Montauk  Light, 
Dutcher)  to  Nov.  2  (Bayport,  Dutcher).  Giraud  refers  to  but 
a  single  specimen  known  to  him  (Birds  of  L.  I.  p.  210)  but  Mr. 
W.  Dutcher  records  the  occurrence  of  five  other  specimens 
taken  at  various  localities.  The  latter  remarks,  "As  it  is  like 
all  of  the  Rallidse,  partly  nocturnal  and  extremely  secretive 
in  it  habits  it  is  probably  overlooked  and  is  more  common  than 
it  is  thought  to  be"  {Auk,  v,  1888,  pp.  170-177).  This  belief 
is  shared  by  the  writer,  as  several  instances,  impossible  of 
absolute  identification,  however,  are  known  to  him  of  rails, 
"larger  and  more  brightly  colored  than  the  Clapper  Rail," 
having  been  secured  at  the  autumnal  rail-bird  "shoots,"  which 
are  held  at  times  of  unusually  high  tides  in  certain  parts  of  the 
island. 

111*.    Rallus  crepitans.    Clapper  Rail. 

Common  summer  resident  and  occasional  during  the  remain- 
der of  the  year;  almost  entirely  confined,  however,  to  the  western 
end  of  the  island.  The  bird  seems  to  reach  its  normal  northern 
limit  at  Long  Island,  for  though  repeatedly  taken  in  the  Con- 
necticut marshes  it  is  certainly  rare  there  (Merriam,  Birds  of 
Conn.,  1877,  p.  115)  while  it  is  accidental  in  Massachusetts 
(Allen,  Revised  List  of  Birds  of  Mass.,  Bull.  Am.  Mm.  Nat. 
J I  ist.y  i,  1886,  p.  235).  It  arrives  about  the  last  of  April;  nests, 
first  week  in  June  and  continues  abundant  to  September.  Col- 
lectors on  the  eastern  end  of  the  island  have  informed  me  that 
they  have  not  taken  it  east  of  Shinnecock,  where  it  is  very  rare. 
It  abounds  in  the  marshes  of  Jamaica  and  South  Oyster  Bays 
and  a  large  part  of  the  Great  South  Bay.     Winter  records 


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might  be  multiplied;  specific  references  are  Lawrence,  Auk, 
ii,  18S5,  p.  274,  Foster,  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  no.  5,  p.  2. 
It  is  commonly  named  "Meadow  Hen"  on  Long  Island. 

111.  Rallus  virginianus.    Virginia  Rail. 

Rather  common  summer  resident.  Arrives  in  April  and  May; 
nests  the  middle  of  June;  common  until  last  of  September. 
One  struck  Montauk  Light  Oct.  30,  1900. 

112.  Porzana  Carolina.    Carolina  Rail;  Sora. 

Rare  summer  resident.  Common  transient  visitor;  Apr. 
28  (Brooklyn)  to  Oct.  23  (Brooklyn).  Rare  in  winter  (Robt. 
B.  Lawrence,  F.  and  S.,  xxx,  p.  6).  Messrs.  W.  F.  and  John 
Hendrickson  took  a  female  Sora  and  a  nest  and  eggs  of  this 
species  at  Long  Island  City,  July  17,  1889. 

113.  Porzana  noveboracensis.    Yellow  Rail. 

Probably  regular  summer  resident,  though  but  rarely  ob- 
served. Mr.  Dutcher  has  recorded  it  from  Oakdale,  Apr.  29, 
1S87  (Auk f  v,  1888,  p.  177);  Mr.  Lawrence,  from  Far  Rockaway 
Oct.  15,  1883  (Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  274).  Two  other  Long  Island 
specimens  are  in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society's  collection. 

114.  Porzana  jamaicensis.    Black  Rail. 

Probably  rare  summer  resident.  Several  specimens  are 
recorded  from  various  points  on  Long  Island  by  Mr.  Grinnell 
(Forest  and  Stream,  xxiii,  p.  24,  Aug.  7,  1884).  One  of  these 
was  again  recorded  by  Mr.  R.  Lawrence  (Bull.  N.  0.  C  v, 
1880,  p.  117).  It  has  been  found  nesting  in  Connecticut,  July 
10,  1876  (Bull.  N.  0.  C,  ii,  1877,  p.  22). 

115.  Crex  crex.    Corn  Crake. 

Accidental  straggler  from  Europe.  A  specimen  was  taken 
"on  an  upland  or  dry  meadow,  in  company  with  some  Meadow 
Larks"  about  Aug.  15,  1885,  near  Amagansett  (Dutcher, 
Auk,  iii,  p.  435).    Another  was  "taken  at  the  foot  of  the  uplands, 


.-)(•» 


where  they  join  the  meadows"  at  Oakdale,  Nov.  2,  1880 
(Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  p.  177). 

116.  Ionornis  martinica.    Purple  Gallixule. 

Rare  transient  visitor.  Giraud  says  of  this  species,  "the 
occurrence  of  this  elegant  bird  on  Long  Island  is  extremely 
rare  "  I  Birds  of  L.  /.,  1844,  p.  198).  One  is  contained  in  the  col- 
lection of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  taken  at  Indian 
Pond,  Flatbush  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  p.  272).  Another  specimen 
has  been  recorded  from  Middle  Island,  summer  of  1879  (Helme, 
Orn.  and  Ool,  vii,  1882,  p.  118). 

117.  Gallinula  galeata.    Florida  Gallixule. 

Locally  a  summer  resident.  Messrs.  W.  F.  and  John  Hen- 
drickson  of  Long  Island  City,  observed  a  pair  of  birds  through- 
out the  summer  of  1903,  near  their  home.  They  had  been  seen 
in  previous  years  and  one  was  taken  several  years  ago  on 
October  1.  During  the  summer  of  1905  the  writer  with  the 
assistance  of  the  Messrs.  Hendrickson  located  a  nest  of  this 
species  at  Long  Island  City.  It  had  evidently  been  robbed  by 
('rows  for  the  eggs  were  mostlv  broken.  Several  adult  birds 
occupied  the  vicinity  all  summer  and  young  were  seen  in  Sep- 
tember {Auk,  xxiii,  1900,  p.  189).  One  was  recorded  from 
Shelter  Island,  Oct.  28,  1898  (Worthington,  Auk,  xvi,  p.  85). 

lis.    Fulica  americana.    Coot;  Mud  Hex. 

Common  transient  visitor  and  probably  rare  summer  resident. 
March  23  (Montauk)  to  June  28  (Long  Island  City);  and  Oct. 
17  (Quogue)  to  November  13  (Rockaway).  One  was  observed 
by  the  writer  at  Moriches,  August  15.  Local  names  on  Long 
Island  are  "Crow  Duck,"  "Blue  Peter"  and  "Blue  Petie";  at 
Montauk,  "Meadow  Hen"  and  "Sea  Coot." 

11!).    Crymophilus  fulicarius.    Red  Phalarope. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  Apr.  30  (Montauk,  Dutcher)  to 
June  5  (Montauk)  and  Sept.  24  (Montauk)  to  Nov.  27  (Mon- 


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tank).  They  migrate  along  the  coast,  rarely  approaching  land 
except  in  storms.  Mr.  William  Dutcher  has  recorded  numer- 
ous occurrences  (Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  33,  hi,  p.  436;  vi,  p.  134  and 
Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  1898-9,  p.  4).  Mr.  Robt.  Lawrence 
has  recorded  it  also  (Bull.  N.  0.  C,  v,  1880,  p.  117).  The 
writer's  collection  contains  four  specimens  which  struck  Mon- 
tauk  Light  Sept.  24,  1903,  and  three  Nov.  27,  1902. 

120.  Phalaropus  lobatus.    Northern  Phalarope. 

Uncommon  transient  visitant.  April  27  (Montauk)  to  May 
29  (Montauk)  and  Aug.  5  (Montauk)  to  Oct.  22  (Ditch  Plain, 
Dutcher). 

121.  Steganopus  tricolor.    Wilson's  Phalarope. 

Casual.  Three  specimens  are  in  the  collection  of  the  Long- 
Island  Historical  Society,  with  scanty  data.  Mr.  Dutcher 
records  it  from  Shinnecock,  Aug.  20,  1883  and  Aug.  15,  1885, 
(Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  33  and  iii,  1886,  p.  436).  It  is  recorded  by 
Mr.  Newbold  T.  Lawrence  from  Far  Rockaway,  Oct.  10,  1874, 
and  from  the  East  River,  Oct.  15,  1879  (Auk,  ii,  1885,  pp. 
273-4). 

122.  Recurvirostra  americana.    American  Avocet. 
Extremely  rare  autumnal  visitant  from  the  South.  Two 

specimens  in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  are  from 
Ponquogue  and  Southampton,  respectively  (Dutcher,  Auk, 
x,  p.  272). 

123.  Himantopus  mexicanus.    Black-necked  Stilt. 

Very  rare  or  accidental  autumnal  visitant.  Two  specimens 
are  in  the  collection  of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society, 
taken  by  Col.  Pike  on  Great  South  Bay  and  recorded  by  Mr. 
Dutcher  (Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  272). 

124.  Philohe la  minor.  Woodcock. 

Rare   summer   resident;    occasional  in  winter.     April  12 


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(Quogue)  to  Nov.  21  (Quogue).  Mr.  W.  F.  Hendrickson  has 
found  it  at  Wyandance,  as  late  as  Dec.  1,  1903. 

[  ?  Scolopax  rusticola.  European  Woodcock. 
Though  having  been  referred  to  in  various  works  as  taken  on 
Long  Island,  no  authentic  record  for  this  species  has  been  dis- 
covered by  the  writer.  The  following  books  attribute  without 
definite  data  the  species  to  this  region;  Stearns  and  Coues, 
New  England  Bird  Life,  Boston,  1883,  p.  194;  J.  A.  Allen, 
Revised  List  of  Birds  of  Mass.,  in  Bull.  Amer.  Mux.  Nat.  Hist., 
X.  Y.  1886,  p.  20.5.  Dr.  Allen  has  informed  me  that  he  believes 
the  reference  cited  was  erroneous.] 

L25.    Gallinago  delicata.    Wilson's  Snipe. 

Common  transient  visitant.  Occasional  in  winter.  April 
22  to  27  (Brooklyn)  Sept.  1G  to  Oct.  17  (Brooklyn):  Jan.  1,  1890 
(Far  Rockaway). 

L26.    Macrorhamphus  griseus.  Dowitcher. 

Common  transient  visitant.  One  of  the  very  earliest  south- 
ward bound  migrants  to  arrive  in  autumn.  May  15  (Amity- 
ville)  to  May  30  (Rockaway)  and  July  12  (Freeport)  to  Sept.  29 
(Freeport). 

127.  Macrorhamphus  scolopaceus.  Loxg-billed  Dowitcher. 
Rare  autumnal  migrant.  Mr.  William  Dutcher  has  re- 
corded specimens  on  the  following  dates;  Sept.  19,  1882;  Sept. 
26,  1883;  July  23,  1884;  Sept.  26.,  Oct.  6th  and  9th,  1885. 
(Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  32;  ii,  p.  37;  iii,  p.  436).  Mr.  X.  T.  Law- 
rence recorded  one,  Oct.  15,  1SS4  (Auk,  ii,  p.  273)  and  others 
March  20  and  Aug.  7  to  Oct.  13  (Bull.  X.  O.  C,  v,  1880, 
p.  154).  The  March  record  may  indicate  that  it  begins  the 
northward  migration  rather  earlier  than  J/,  griseus. 

128.  Macropalama  himantopus.    Stilt  Sandpiper. 
Somewhat  irregular  autumnal  visitant,  as  several  years  may 


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pass  without  its  being  observed.  July  28  to  Sept.  10  (Far 
Rockaway,  Lawrence).  The  writer  secured  nine  of  about 
twenty  seen,  Aug.  8,  1901,  at  Freeport  and  six  on  Aug.  22, 
1901.  Other  records  are  by  N.  T.  Lawrence  (Brewer,  Bull. 
N.  0.  C,  iii,  1878,  p.  148;  Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  273). 

129.  Tringa  canutus.    Robin  Sxipe. 

Xot  common  transient  visitant.  May  20  to  May  31  (Amity- 
ville)  and  Aug.  12  (Rockaway)  to  Sept.  26  (Freeport). 

130.  Arquatella  maritima.    Purple  Sandpiper. 

Rare  winter  visitant.  Recent  records  are,  Gull  Island  in 
1886,  Jan.  23  and  24,  Jan.  30,  Feb.  1  to  10,  Feb.  17-18,  Feb.  23, 
[March  3-5,  March  25;  Montauk,  Dec,  1886;  Gull  Island, 
Feb.  10,  1887;  Montauk,  Nov.  1,  1887  (Dutcher,  Auk,  v, 
1888,  p.  178)  and  Amityville,  Nov.  23,  1899  (Braislin,  Auk, 
xix,  1902,  p.  146). 

131.  Actodromas  maculata.    Pectoral  Sandpiper. 

Transient  visitant;  rare  in  spring,  very  common  in  the 
autumn.  May  8  (Rockaway  Beach);  July  21  (Amityville)  to 
Oct.  30  (Quogue).  Local  name  is  "Creeker,"  or  "Short- 
neck." 

132.  Actodromas  cooperi.    Cooper's  Sandpiper. 

This  bird  is  probably  a  hybrid.  The  type  and  only  speci- 
men ever  secured  was  shot  at  Raynor  South,  May  24.  1SS3, 
by  the  late  Wm.  Cooper,  and  named  and  described  by  Prof. 
S.  F.  Baird  (Pacific  R.  R.  Rep.  vol.  ix,  1858,  p.  716). 

133.  Actrodomas  fuscicollis.    White-rumped  Sandpiper. 

Rather  common  transient  visitant  in  the  fall.  August  24 
(Quogue)  to  Oct.  30  (Quogue).  The  White-rumped,  the 
Least,  and  the  Semipalmated  Sandpipers  are  locally  confused 
under  the  name  "Ox-eye." 


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Ml.    Actodromas  bairdii.    Baird's  Sandpiper. 

Very  rare  transient.  Recorded  in  Sept.  1872,  Aug.  26,  1873, 
Sept.  20,  1S74  (X.  T.  Lawrence,  Forest  and  Stream,  x,  p.  235); 
Sept.  20,  18S0,  Montauk  (D.  E.  Moran,  Bull.  X.  O.  C,  vii,  p. 
60);  Sept.  29,  1894,  H.  H.  Taylor,  (Auk,  xii,  1895,  p.  179); 
Sept.  17,  1896,  Easthampton  (C.  \Yheaton  Vaughan,  Auk,  xiii, 
1896,  p.  80);  Oct.  31,  1894,  Quogue  (Braislin,  Auk,  xvi,  1899, 
p.  191).  Five  were  secured  at  Montauk,  Aug.  14  to  17,  1907, 
by  Mr.  B.  T.  Van  Xostrand  and  the  writer. 

135.  Actodromas  minutilla.    Least  Sandpiper. 

Common  transient  visitor.  In  autumn  this  is  the  very  first 
migrant  to  appear,  and  it  departs  early.  Locally  known  as 
"Ox-eye."  May  3  (Rockaway)  to  May  23  (Flatlands);  July 
3  (Flatlands)  to  Sept.  22  (Freeport). 

136.  Pelidna  alpina.    European  Dunlin. 

Casual.  Once  recorded  from  Long  Island,  the  second  North 
American  record.    (Young,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  78.) 

137.  Pelidna  alpina  pacifica.    Red-backed  Sandpiper. 

A  common  transient  visitant.  May  19  (Amityville)  to  June 
3  (Rockaway);  Oct.  11  (Amityville)  to  Oct.  31  (Quogue). 
This  bird  is  called  "Frost  Snipe"  at  some  localities  on  Long 
Island. 

138.  Erolia  ferruginea.    Curlew  Sandpiper. 

Casual.  This  Old  World  species  has  been  several  times 
recorded  at  various  parts  of  the  Atlantic  coast  of  North  Amer- 
ica. There  is  one  for  Long  Island  at  Shinnecock  Bay,  May 
23,  1883  (Butcher,  Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  32). 

138.    Ereunetes  pusillus.    Semipalmated  Sandpiper. 

Abundant  transient  visitant,  locally  called  " Ox-eye."  May 
20  (Rockaway)  to  May  31  (Amityville)  July  12  (Freeport)  to 
Sept.  26  (Freeport). 


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139.  Ereunetes  occidentalis.    Western  Sandpiper. 

A  not  rare  transient  in  the  autumn.  July  10  (Freeport)  to 
Sept.  17  ( Amity ville).  It  associates  with  the  former  species 
on  Long  Island  and  at  times  it  is  found  to  preponderate  in  num- 
bers in  mixed  flocks  of  the  two  species.  It  is  not  distinguished 
by  the  baymen  from  the  preceding. 

140.  Calidris  arenaria.  Sanderling. 

Very  common  transient  visitant.  May  19  ( Amity ville)  to 
June  3  (Rockaway);  July  20  (Freeport)  to  Oct.  11  (Freeport). 
Called  on  Long  Island  almost  invariably  ''Surf  Snipe"  but 
occasionally  "White  Snipe"  and  "Beach  Plover."  It  is  rarely 
met  with  in  winter. 

141.  Limosa  fedoa.    Marbled  Godwit. 

Now  extremely  rare  and  a  visitant  in  autumn  only;  for- 
merly, apparently,  more  frequently  met  with.  Mr.  Dutcher 
found  it  at  Shinnecock  Bay,  one  on  Aug.  12,  1881;  three, 
Sept.  1  to  8,  1883;  one,  Aug.  25;  two  Aug.  31;  one,  Sept. 
15,  1885  (Auk,  iii,  1886,  p.  436).  Messrs.  W.  F.  and  John 
Hendrickson  took  one  at  Good  Ground,  Aug.  18,  1888. 

142.  Limosa  haemastica.    Hudsonian  Godwit. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  Recorded  as  follows: — Five,  Shin- 
necock, Sept.  12, 1882;  four,  Babylon,  Oct.  5, 1882;  six,  Shinne- 
cock, Sept.  1  to  8, 1883;  one,  Aug.  8,  1884;  one,  South  Oyster 
Bay,  Aug.  25,  1884;  two,  Rockaway,  Aug.  29;  one,  Shinne- 
cock, Sept.  19,  1884;  one,  Sept.  24,  1884;  two,  Aug.  26,  1885; 
two,  Sept.  13,  1885;  one,  Oct.  9,  1885  (Dutcher,  Auk,  iii, 
1886,  p.  437);  also  one,  Quogue,  Sept.  23,  1896,  taken  by  the 
writer,  and  two  at  Rockaway  Aug.  30,  1903,  by  Mr.  Robt.  L. 
Peavey  (Braislin,  Auk,  xxii,  1905,  p.  167). 

143.  Totanus  melanoleucus.    Greateb  Yellow-legs. 
Common  transient  visitant.    Apr.  14  (Montauk)  to  June  6 

(Canarsie);  July  11  (Freeport)  to  Nov.  4  (Rockaway).  One 


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extremely  early  specimen  was  noted  at  Montauk,  March  23, 
1903. 

144.  Totanus  flavipes.    Simmer  Yellow-legs. 

Common  transient  in  the  fall;  rare  in  spring.  April  25 
(Montauk)  to  June  1  (Rockawav);  July  15  (Amityville)  to 
Oct.  1  (Rockawav). 

145.  Helodromas  solitarius.    Solitary  Sandpiper. 

Rather  common  transient  visitant.  Found  on  fresh-water 
ponds  and  rivulets;  very  rarely  on  salt  marshes.  May  16 
(Flatlands);  Aug.  16  (Quogne)  to  Sept.  23  (Montauk). 

1  16.    Symphemia  semipalmata.  Willet. 

Rather  rare  transient.  Aug.  10  (Rockawav)  to  Aug.  22 
(Freeport);  July  31  (Montauk)  to  Sept.  4  (Montauk).  For- 
merly, probably  a  nesting  species,  though  Giraud  was  not 
certain  as  to  this  (Birds  of  L.  /.,  p.  255). 

147.    Pavoncella  pugnax.  Ruff. 

Accidental.  Recorded  from  Long  Island  by  Mr.  G.  N.  Law- 
rence. (Annals  Lyceum  of  Nat.  Hist.,  X.  Y.,  vol.  v,  1852,  p. 
220)  and  by  Mr.  Frank  M.  Chapman,  "Two  specimens  of  this 
bird  in  the  Lawrence  Collection  in  the  American  Museum  of 
Natural  History,  N.  Y.,  are  labeled  'Long  Island.'  "  (Guide 
to  Local  collection  1894,  p.  35.)  Lawrence  in  his  catalogue 
includes  the  bird  without  remarks  (Ann.  Lyc.  Nat.  Hist.,  N. 
Y.,  viii,  1867,  p.  294).  Baird  states  that  it  has  been  frequently 
killed  on  Long  Island  (Pacific  R.  R.  Rep.,  vol.  ix,  1858,  p.  737.) 

L48.    Bartramia  longicauda.    Bartramian  Sandpiper. 

Rare  summer  resident.  April  19  (Montauk)  to  Sept.  17 
(Montauk).  It  arrives  about  April  1  (Giraud)  and  according 
to  the  writer's  experience  is  rarely  observed  after  Aug.  30. 

149.    Tryngites    subruficollis.    Buff-breasted  Sandpiper. 
Very  rare  transient.    Giraud   (Birds  of  L.  I.,  p.  231)  says, 


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"almost  every  season  a  few  are  observed"  and  mentions  a  flock 
of  five  secured  at  Gowanus,  now  a  built-over  part  of  Brooklyn. 
Four  were  taken  at  Far  Rockaway  in  August  and  September  in 
1S79  (Lawrence,  Forest  and  Stream,  x,  1S93,  p.  235);  one,  at 
Montauk,  Aug.  26,  1SS0  (Berier,  Bull.  X.  0  C,  vi,  1881,  p. 
126);  one,  at  Long  Beach,  Aug.  31,  1894,  by  Mr.  Frank  E. 
Johnson,  apparently  not  previously  recorded;  one,  at  Rocka- 
way Beach,  Sept.  11,  1904,  by  Mr.  R.  L.  Peavey  (Braislin,  Auk, 
xxii,  1905,  p.  169);  another,  Sept.  4,  1906,  by  same,  Rockaway 
Beach. 

150.  Actitis  macularia.    Spotted  Sandpiper. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  27  (Flatbush)  to  Sept.  7 
(Ronkonkoma).    Nests,  second  week  in  June  and  later. 

151.  Numenius  longirostris.    Long-billed  Curlew. 

Very  rare  autumnal  visitant.  A  specimen  was  secured  at 
Far  Rockaway  on  the  outer  beach  Aug.  20,  1873;  another  Aug. 
26,  1885  (X.  T.  Lawrence,  Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  273).  Two  are 
contained  in  the  collection  of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society, 
both  labeled  "Rockaway"  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  272). 

[  Numenius  arquatus.  European  Long-billed  Curlew. 
There  seems  to  the  writer  no  valid  reason  for  opposing  the 
belief  of  Mr.  Dutcher,  who  has  thoroughly  sifted  and  presented 
all  the  evidence,  that  the  specimen  now  contained  in  the  Xew 
York  State  Cabinet  of  Natural  History  at  Albany,  was  obtained 
on  Long  Island  in  1853  (Auk,  ix,  1893,  p.  390).*] 

152.  Numenius  hudsonicus.    Hudsoxiax  Curlew. 

Regular  transient  visitant.  The  bulk  of  the  autumn  mi- 
grants of  this  species  pass  Long  Island  during  the  latter  half  of 
July.  April  28  (Montauk)  to  May  13  (Rockaway);  July  10 
(Far  Rockaway,  Lawrence,  Auk,  ii,  p.  273)  to  Sept.  22  (Mon- 
tauk).   Locally  called  "  Jack  "  or  "  Jack  Snipe." 

[*  The  A.  O.  U.  Committee  has  not  taken  this  view. —  ed.] 


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L53.    Numenius  borealis.    Eskimo  Curlew. 

The  migrations  of  this  bird  are  usually  accomplished  well 
off  the  coast  hut  heavy  easterly  storms  occasionally  drive  Indi- 
viduals or  small  flocks  ashore,  when  they  may  resort  to  the 
uplands  or  the  dryer  parts  of  the  salt-meadows  to  feed.  In 
earlier  days,  and  then  at  very  long  intervals,  "flights"  of  many 
thousands  have  heen  seen  on  Long  Island.  Such  are  merely 
historical  incidents,  never  to  be  repeated.  During  twelve  years 
Snipe-shooting  Mr.  X.  T.  Lawrence  met  with  it  but  four  times, 
one,  Sept.  12,  1875,  one  Sept.  10,  1876,  and  two,  Sept.  26,  1884. 
(Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  273).  The  records  of  one  shot  at  Rockaway, 
Sept.  14,  1902,  and  one  near  Zach's  Inlet,  Aug.  29,  1903 
(Braislin,  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  289)  were  erroneous,  the  birds 
proving  on  further  examination  to  he  young  of  N.  hudsonicus. 
The  local  name  is  "  Fute  "  or  "  Dough  Bird." 

154.  Vanellus  vanellus.  Lapwing. 

Accidental  straggler  from  Europe.  A  single  specimen  was 
taken  at  Merrick,  Dec.  18,  1884  (Dutcher,  Auk,  iii,  1886,  p. 
438).  Another  was  shot  late  in  the  fall  of  1905  at  Watermill 
(Beebe,  Auk,  xxiii,  1906,  p.  221). 

155.  Squatarola  squatarola.    Black-bellied  Plovek. 

Common  transient  visitant.  May  19  (Amityville)  to  June  17 
(Rockaway);  Aug.  5  (Shinnecock)  to  Nov.  4  (Amityville).  It 
is  rarely  seen  in  July,  but  the  writer  has  an  immature  bird  taken 
at  Freeport,  July  11,  1901,  and  adults  were  reported  July  1, 1903, 
and  July  6,  1904,  at  Quogue  (Kohbe,  Auk,  xxi,  p.  79,  and  xxii, 
p.  211)." 

L56.    Charadrius  dominicus.    Golden  Plover. 

Fairly  common  transient  visitant.  August  29  (Quogue  and 
Rockaway)  to  Oct.  30  (Rockaway).  The  young  of  this  species 
and  the  Black-bellied  Plover,  both  called  "Frost  Birds"  on  Long 
Island  formerly  occurred  in  great  abundance  after  the  first  north- 
east storm  of  early  September.    A  local  name  is  "  Greenback." 


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157.  Oxyechus  vociferus.  Killdeer. 

Now  rather  uncommon,  probably  never  abundant.  March  7 
(Rockaway)  to  Nov.  10  (Rockaway).  It  has  been  recorded 
here  in  every  month  and  is  probably  a  rare  summer  resident. 

158.  ^Igialitis  semipalmata.    Semipalmated  Plover;  Ring- 
neck. 

Abundant  transient  visitant.  April  29  (Rockaway)  to  June  4 
(Sheepshead  Bay)  July  15  (Amityville)  to  Sept.  18  ( Amity ville). 

159.  -ffigialitis  meloda.    Piping  Plover. 

Rare  transient  visitant  and  summer  resident.  March  24 
(Shinnecock  Bay,  1884,  Dutcher,  Auk,  ii,  p.  373)  to  Sept. 
3  (Rockaway).  The  writer  found  it  nesting  at  Ram  Island 
Shoals,  June  19,  1902. 

160.  .ffigialitis  meloda  circumcincta.     Belted  Piping  Plover. 
The  only  recorded  instance  of  the  occurrence  of  this  form 

is  that  of  a  specimen  shot  at  Rockaway  Beach,  Apr.  30,  1873 
(C.  H.  Eagle,  Bull  X.  0.  C,  iii,  1878,  p.  94)  though  individ- 
uals of  A.  meloda  are  frequently  seen,  closely  approaching  this 
subspecies. 

161.  Ochthodromas  wilsoni.    Wilson's  Plover. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  Three  were  taken  at  Far  Rockaway, 
May  17,  1879,  by  X.  T.  Lawrence,  (Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  273);  one 
at  Shinnecock  Bay,  May  16,  1884,  (Dutcher,  Auk,  iii,  p.  438); 
and  one  at  Good  Ground,  May  28,  1879  (Dutcher,  Bull.  X.  0. 
C,  iv,  1S79,  242). 

162.  Arenaria  interpres.  Turnstone. 

Rather  common  transient  visitant.  May  1  (Rockaway) 
to  June  5  (Rockaway);  August  3  (Montauk)  August  7  (Rock- 
away) to  Sept.  14  (Rockaway).  Also  called  by  the  names  of 
"Brant  Bird,"  " Calico-back''  and  "Calico  Plover"  on  Long 
Island  though  at  Shinnecock  we  have  heard  it  named  "  Beach 
Plover"  and  at  Montauk,  "  Sea  Quail." 


I  if, 


L63.    Hsematopus  palliatus.  Oyster-catcher. 

Casual.  In  Giraud's  time  it  was  more  frequent  for  he  says 
of  it;  "Those  which  I  have  procured  on  the  shores  of  Long 
Island  have  usually  been  single,  or  at  the  most  at  any  one  time, 
a  pair,  ranging  between  Raynor  South  and  Babylon.  The 
baymen  recognize  it  by  the  name  of  'Flood-gull.'"  (Birds  of 
L.  l.y  p.  222).  This  name  is  now  applied  to  the  Black  Skimmer, 
(Rynchops  nigra),  by  those  baymen  on  Long  Island,  whom  I 
have  met,  who  know  the  latter  bird.  On  May  28,  1877,  a  speci- 
men of  the  Oyster-catcher  was  shot  in  New  York  Harbor 
(Robert  Lawrence,  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  v,  p.  117);  one  was  ob- 
tained in  June,  1882,  at  Green  port,  and  another,  March  9, 
1880,  at  Ponquogue  (Dutcher,  Auk,  iii,  p.  439). 

164.  Colinus  virginianus.    Bob-white;  Quail. 

A  common  resident.    Nests  containing  eggs  have  been  found 

O  DO 

in  May,  June,  July  and  August  (A.  H.  Howell). 

165.  Bonasa  umbellus.    Ruffed  Grouse. 

Not  uncommon  resident.  Half  grown  young  have  been 
noted  by  the  first  of  July  (A.  H.  Howell). 

166.  Tympanuchus  cupido.    Heath  Hex. 

This  game  bird  had  become  almost,  if  not  quite  exterminated 
on  Long  Island  at  the  time  of  the  publication  of  Giraud's 
"Birds  of  Lono-  Island"  in  1844.  It  formerly  found  a  congen- 
ial  habitat  on  Long  Island,  especially  on  the  Hempstead  Plain, 
a  large  tract  of  country  extending  eastward  from  Jamaica  partly 
covered  with  a  scrubby  growth  of  trees  or  shrubs. 

167.  Ectopistes  migratorius.    Passenger  Pigeon. 

The  forest  formerly  occupying  the  ridge  from  Fort  Hamilton 
into  and  beyond  the  present  city  of  Brooklyn  wras  once  a  favorite 
feeding  and  resting  place  for  these  birds.  Verbal  accounts  of 
old  residents  point  this  out  as  having  been  a  place  of  resort  for 


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hundreds  of  sportsmen  and  pot-hunters  in  the  autumn,  when 
the  pigeons  resorted  there  regularly  on  their  migrations.  One 
specimen  killed  at  Flatlands  in  1878  by  Col.  N.  Pike  is  contained 
in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  collection  (Auk,  x,  1893, 
p.  274). 

168.  Zenaidura  macroura.    Mourning  Dove. 

Rather  common  summer  resident.  March  25  (Rockaway) 
to  Oct.  21  (Shelter  Island). 

169.  Gathartes  aura.    Turkey  Vulture. 

Observed  on  numerous  occasions  on  the  western  end  of  Long 
Island  and  once,  as  far  east  as  Greenport  (Dutcher,  Auk,  iii, 
p.  439). 

170.  Catharista  urubu.    Black  Vulture. 

Accidental.  Once  observed  on  the  adjacent  shore  of  Sandy 
Hook  (Robt.  Lawrence,  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  v,  1880,  p.  116).  The 
only  actual  Long  Island  record  seems  to  be  that  of  a  specimen 
found  at  Coney  Island  beach  (de  L.  Berier,  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vi, 
1881,  p.  126). 

171.  Elanoides  forficatus.    Swallow-tailed  Kite. 
Accidental.    Its  occurrence  near  Raynor  South  in  the  sum- 
mer of  1837  was  noted  by  Giraud  (Birds  of  L.       p.  13)  and 
de  L.  Berier  records  one  shot  by  Mr.  J.  Akhurst  in  1845  (Bull. 
X.  0.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  126). 

172.  Circus  hudsonicus.    Marsh  Hawk. 

Probably  a  rare  summer  resident;  common  migrant;  occa- 
sional in  winter.  As  a  migrant  on  the  western  end  of  Long 
Island  it  arrives  in  middle  of  March  and  again  in  autumn  in 
latter  August.  Mr.  Clinton  G.  Abbott  found  it  at  Gardiner's 
Island,  July  4  to  11,  1903,  where  it  had  probably  nested. 

173.  Accipiter  velox.    Sharp-shinned  Hawk. 

Rather  rare  summer  resident,  common  during  migrations, 


(is 


rare  in  midwinter.  March  17  (Montauk)  to  Dec.  29  (Flatlands). 
Found  nesting  the  third  week  in  May. 

174.    Accipiter  cooperii.    Cooper's  Hawk. 

Rare  summer  resident,  more  common  in  migrations,  occa- 
sional in  winter  (Fisher,  Hoicks  and  Oicls  of  U.  S.,  1893,  p.  42). 
Found  nesting,  May  16  (A.  H.  Helme,  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc. 
N.  Y.,  no.  11,  1898-9,  p.  4);  also  by  Mr.  R.  P.  Brasher  at 
Hollis,  May  13,  1906. 

17.").    Accipiter  atricapillus.  Goshawk. 

Rare  winter  visitant.  There  are  numerous  records.  Two 
specimens  are  contained  in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society 
collection  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  274).  Two  recent  records 
are  Rockaway  Beach,  Dec.  18,  1898,  and  Amagansett,  March 
21,  1899  (Braislin,  Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p.  70,  and  xx,  1903,  p.  53). 

L76.    Buteo  borealis.    Red-tailed  Hawk. 

Common  permanent  resident.  Xests  containing  eggs  may 
be  found  in  May. 

177.  Buteo  lineatus.    Red-shouldered  Hawk. 

Common  permanent  resident.  Xests  containing  eggs  may 
be  found  in  early  April. 

178.  Buteo  platypterus.    Broad-wixged  Hawk. 

Rare  permanent  resident.  A  nest  was  discovered  by  Mr. 
A.  H.  Helme  at  Miller's  Place.  Records  for  winter  specimens 
from  Long  Island  are  contained  in  Fisher's  "Hawks  and  Owls 
of  the  U.  S.,"  1893,  p.  82. 

L79.    Archibuteo  lagopus  sancti-johamis.  Rough-legged  Hawk. 

Common  winter  visitant.  October  31  (Montauk)  to  April 
8  (Montauk). 

180.    Aquila  chrysaetos.    Golden  Eagle. 

Casual.  One  is  in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  col- 
lection from  Canarsie  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  274).  Other 


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recent  records  are,  Gravesend,  Oct.  6,  1877  (F.  E.  Johnson, 
Bull  N.  0.  C.,  iv,  1879,  p.  189);  Shelter  Island  Oct.  19,  1890 
(Worthington,  Auk,  viii,  1891,  p.  113). 

181.  Heliaeetus  leucocephalus.    Bald  Eagle. 

Rare  summer  resident.  April  21  (Montauk)  to  September 
(East  Bay).  This  species  was  noted  locally  on  Long  Island 
during  the  summer  of  1904  and  is  believed  to  have  nested. 
Messrs.  F.  H.  and  Roy  Latham  report  having  seen  one  at  Orient 
Point,  Dec.  24,  1905  (Bird-lore,  viii,  1906,  p.  19). 

182.  Falco  islandus.    White  Gyrfalcon. 

One  specimen  is  contained  in  the  collection  of  the  Long 
Island  Historical  Society,  obtained  on  Long  Island  in  the  winter 
of  1856  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  p.  275). 

183.  Falco  rusticolus.    Gray  Gyrfalcon. 

Mr.  Robt.  Lawrence  recorded  a  specimen  from  "  Pond 
Quogue"  [Ponquogue]  in  1877  under  the  name  of  Falco  sacer 
(Bull.  X.  0.  C,  v,  1880,  p.  117).  The  specimen  has  been  re- 
ferred to  this  form. 

184.  Falco  rusticolus  obsoletus.    Black  Gyrfalcon. 

A  specimen  was  killed  at  Flushing,  in  the  autumn  of  1875 
(Berier,  Bull.  N.  0.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  126).  There  are  numerous 
New  England  records. 

185.  Falco  peregrinus  anatum.    Duck  Hawk. 

Common  in  autumn;  rare  at  other  seasons.  Sept.  18 
(Amityville)  to  Oct.  16  (Montauk);  May  21  ( Amity ville). 

186.  Falco  columbarius.    Pigeon  Hawk. 

Common  autumnal  migrant;  rare  in  winter;  not  common 
in  spring.    Sept.  5  (Rockaway)  to  April  30  (Rockaway). 

187.  Falco  sparverius.    Sparrow  Hawk. 

Not  uncommon  summer  resident;  common  migrant;  rarely 


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seen  in  winter.  April  17  (Amityville)  to  Dec.  30  (Lake  Grove, 
A.  H.  Howell). 

188.  Pandion  haliaetus  carolinensis.    Fish  Hawk;  Osprey. 
Locally  abundant  summer  resident.    March  24  (Rockaway) 

to  Oct.  19  (Rockaway).  At  Gardiner's  Island,  where  they 
are  strictly  protected,  these  hawks  place  their  huge  nests  on 
the  tops  of  bowlders,  on  out-buildings  and  even  on  the 
ground  on  clear  spaces  at  the  back  of  the  beaches,  as  well  as 
in  trees. 

189.  Strix  pratincola.    Barn  Owl. 

A  rare  resident.  There  are  numerous  records  and  several 
instances  of  its  breeding;  once  at  Flushing,  May  30,  1S83, 
(Dutcher,  Auk,  iii,  1SS6,  p.  439)  and  Mr.  Dan  Beard  relates 
that  they  nested  in  the  same  place,  formerly,  for  a  number  of 
years  (Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  498).  Not  previously  recorded  are 
two  seen,  one  shot  by  Capt.  Scott  at  Montank,  Feb.  18,  1903, 
and  another,  Sept.  25,  1901,  same  locality. 

190.  Asio  wilsonianus.    American  Loxg-eared  Owl. 

A  rare  summer  resident.  Common  in  spring  and  fall. 
April  16  (Sheepshead  Bay)  to  Dec.  11  (Sheepshead  Bay) 
1887.  It  was  found  nesting  at  Selden,  May  30,  1SS9.  The 
nest  was  in  a  pine,  about  25  feet  from  the  ground,  in  a  de- 
serted squirrel's  nest,  apparently.  It  contained  three  young,  all 
markedly  dissimilar  in  size.  (A.  H.  Howell,  Abstr.  Proc. 
Linn.  Soc.  N.  Y.,  no.  5,  1892-3.) 

191.  Asio  accipitrinus.    Short-eared  Owl. 

Very  rare  summer  resident;  common  during  migration. 
Feb.  27  (Montauk)  to  Dec.  25  (Flatlands).  It  was  found 
nesting  at  Shelter  Island,  May  7,  1891.  (Worthington,  Auk, 
x,  1893,  p.  301.) 

192.  Syrnium  varium.    Barred  Owl. 

Rare  autumnal  visitant.  It  has  been  twice  recorded  from 


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within  the  limits  of  Brooklyn  (George  Hayes  Coues,  Hull.  N. 
0.  C,  iv,  1879,  p.  31;  Braislin,  Nov.  27  and  28,  1899,  Auk, 
xvii,  1900,  p.  70). 

193.  Cryptoglaux  acadica.    Saw-whet  Owl. 

A  rare  resident.  There  are  numerous  records,  viz.:  Fire 
Island,  Dec.  6,  1884;  Merrick,  Dec.  31,  1884;  Train's  Mead- 
ows, Queens  Co.,  Nov.  15,  1884;  Ravenswood,  Dec.  27,  1884 
and  March  30,  1885;  Creedmoor,  Nov.  4,  1884;  Port  Wash- 
ington, Feb.  28,  1885  (Auk,  iii,  1884,  p.  440,  Dutcher);  Mon- 
tauk,  Nov.  20,  1885  (N.  T.  Lawrence,  Auk,  ii,  1883,  p.  272). 
The  writer  has  once  noted  it  in  Prospect  Park.  Mr.  Arthur 
H.  Helme  discovered  a  nest  at  Miller's  Place  in  1879. 

194.  Megascops  asio.    Screech  Owl. 
Not  common,  permanent  resident. 

195.  Bubo  virginianus.    Great  Horxed  Owl. 

A  rare  permanent  resident.  Its  nest  is  occasionally  dis- 
covered on  Long  Island. 

196.  Nyctea  nyctea.    Snowy  Owl. 

Occasionally  a  rather  common,  but  usually  a  rare,  winter 
visitant.  Nov.  7  (Sag  Harbor)  to  February  6  (Montauk, 
D wight,  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  199).  Some  winters  this  owl  may 
be  termed  common,  at  least  in  the  vicinity  of  the  beaches,  and 
it  is  noticeable  that  its  disappearance  (presumably  northward, 
for  it  is  said  to  nest  early),  is  nearly  complete  by  January,  for 
it  rapidly  becomes  rare  after  the  first  of  that  month.  Severe 
winters  have  no  apparent  influence  on  its  presence  here.  Thus 
during  the  winters  of  1903-04  and  1904-05  it  was  very  rare 
and  both  were  "hard"  winters,  while  during  the  mild  season 
of  1905-06  just  passed  it  was  rather  abundant. 

197.  Surnia  ulula  caparoch.    Hawk  Owl. 

A  single  specimen  shot  at  Bay  Ridge,  contained  in  the  mu- 


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seum  of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  is  the  only  known, 
existing  example  from  Long  Island  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893, 
p.  27.")).  I  have  been  informed  by  the  late  Mr.  John  Akhurst, 
through  whom  the  specimen  referred  to  reached  the  museum, 
that  a  considerable  number  of  these  birds  were  shot  in  the 
vicinity  during  the  winter  in  which  this  one  was  secured,  but 
that  he  had  not  before  or  since  met  with  a  specimen  from  Long 
Island. 

198.  Coccyzus  americanus.    Yellow-billed  Cuckoo. 
Common  summer  resident.    May  30  (Flatbush)  to  Oct.  23 

(Flatbush).  Found  nesting  the  second  or  third  week  of  June. 

199.  Coccyzus  erythrophthalmus.    Black-billed  Cuckoo. 
Common  summer  resident.    May  15  (Flatbush)  to  Oct.  3 

(Brooklyn). 

200.  Ceryle  alcyon.  Kingfisher. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  8  (Montauk)  to  Nov.  7 
(Stony  Brook). 

201.  Dryobates  villosus.    Hairy  Woodpecker. 

Rare  permanent  resident.  Its  nesting  range  seems  to  be 
confined  to  the  central  and  northern  portions  of  the  island, 
especially  where  pines  are  abundant.  At  all  events,  at  the  west- 
ern end  it  is  seen  only  in  winter  and  then,  rarely.  A  set  of 
fresh  eggs  was  found  at  Miller's  Place,  May  4,  by  Mr.  Arthur 
H.  Helme. 

202.  Dryobates  pubescens  medianus.    Downy  Woodpecker. 

Rather  common,  and  fairly  well  distributed,  permanent 
resident.  Its  call  note  may  be  heard  at  almost  any  time  of 
the  year  in  Prospect  Park. 

203.  Picoides  arcticus.    Arctic  Three-toed  Woodpecker. 
Mr.  Dutcher  has  recorded  this  bird  from  Sag  Harbor,  winter 


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of  1887-88  (Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  136).  There  seems  to  he  no 
reasonable  doubt  concerning  the  authenticity  of  this  specimen. 

204.  Sphyrapicus  varius.    Yellow-bellied  Sapsucker. 
Rather  common  transient  visitant.    April  27  (Brooklyn)  to 

May  1  (Brooklyn);  Sept.  25  (Brooklyn)  to  Oct.  17  (Brooklyn). 

205.  Ceophlceus  pileatus  abieticola.    Pileated  Woodpecker. 
Formerly  rare;  now  extremely  rare  or  accidental.  Three 

specimens,  the  latest  from  Jamaica,  in  1879,  were  recorded  by 
Mr.  de  L.  Berier.  (Bull.  N.  0.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  126.)  Two 
specimens,  lacking  data,  are  in  the  collection  of  the  Long 
Island  Historical  Society.    (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  275. 1 

206.  Melanerpes  erythrocephalus.    Red-headed  Woodpecker. 
Rare  summer  resident.    March  23  (Jamaica)  to  Sept.  27 

(Lake  Grove). 

207.  Melanerpes  carolinus.    Red-bellied  Woodpecker. 
Very  rare  or  accidental.    Giraud  evidently  considered  it  a 

nesting  species  in  his  time  and  states  that  "laying  commences 
about  the  first  of  May"  (Birds  of  L.  I.,  p.  179).  Stearns  and 
Coues  state,  without  giving  the  authority,  that  "it  has  been  said 
to  breed  regularly  though  rarely  on  Long  Island"  (New  England 
Bird  Life,  ii,  1883,  p.  79).  Three  specimens  from  Long  Island 
are  known,  the  last  taken  in  1895  at  Babylon,  by  Mr.  Robert  B. 
Lawrence  (Auk,  xiii,  1896,  p.  82). 

208.  Colaptes    auratus    luteus.    Flicker;  Golden-winged 
Woodpecker. 

Abundant  resident;  also  occasional  in  winter.  March  14 
(Rockaway)  to  Nov.  29  (Parkville).  Winter  records  of  the 
writer  are  Jan.  8  and  Feb.  15.    Xests  about  the  middle  of  May. 

Hybrids  showing;  indications  of  crossing  with  the  Red-shafted 
Flicker  of  the  West  have  been  taken  at  Fort  Hamilton  in  three 
instances,  by  Mr.  de  L.  Berier  (Bull  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  247). 


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209.  Antrostomus  vociferus.  Whip-poor-will. 

Locally,  common  summer  resident.  April  18  (Lake  Grove) 
to  Sept.  22  'Lake  Grove,  A.  H.  Howell).  Less  common  in  the 
nesting  season  than  during  the  migrations,  when  its  distribution, 
like  that  of  all  migratory  land  birds,  is  more  general.  An  ab- 
normally early  nesting  date  was  recorded,  at  Oyster  Bay,  April 
26,  1885  (N.  T.  Lawrence,  Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  272). 

210.  Chordeiles  virginianus.    Night  Hawk. 

Locally,  common  summer  resident.  April  25  (Montauk) 
May  8  (Brooklyn)  to  Oct.  12  (Brooklyn,  Prospect  Park). 

At  the  eastern  end  of  the  island  it  nests  on  the  gravel-strewn, 
sandy  wastes  about  Napeague.  Its  eggs  have  several  times 
been  discovered  on  the  roofs  of  houses  in  the  heart  of  Brooklyn, 
and  its  call  note,  uttered  while  on  wing  is  a  familiar  evening 
sound  to  the  initiated  ear.  These  urban  nesting  sites  are 
invariably  on  roofs  with  a  covering  of  tar  and  pebbles,  which 
simulates  not  a  little  the  characteristics  of  the  nesting  habitat 
supplied  by  Nature.  The  protective  similitude  of  its  eggs  to 
the  pebbles  make  their  discovery  on  house-tops  less  easy  than 
one  would  suppose. 

211.  Chsetura  pelagica.    Chimney  Swift. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  27  (Brooklyn)  to  Oct.  6 
(Brooklyn). 

212.  Trochilus  colubris.    Ruby-throated  Hummingbird. 
Not  common  summer  resident.    May  11  (Parkville)  to  Sept. 

17  (Shinnecock).    Nests  the  latter  half  of  May. 

213.  Tyr annus  tyrannus.  Kingbird. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  30  (Lake  Grove  A.  H. 
Howell)  to  Sept.  7  (Rockaway).  Nests  the  first  or  second  week 
in  June. 

214.  Tyrannus  dominicensis.    Gray  Kingbird. 
Accidental  visitor  from  the  southern  states.    There  is  but 


Night-hawk  ox  chimney  of  the  writer's  house  in  Brooklyn. 
(The  bird  was  nesting  on  the  roof.) 


Photographs  by  C.  (»'.  Abbott. 


Common  Tern's  nest  containing  six  eggs,  Ram  Island. 


a  single  record  for  the  bird  namely,  from  Setanket  (Forest  find 
Stream,  ii,  July  23,  1874,  p.  373). 

215.  Myiarchus  crinitus.    Crested  Flycatcher. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  4  (Lake  Grove)  to  Sept. 
26  (Lake  Grove).    Nests  the  first  or  second  week  in  June. 

216.  Sayornis  phcebe.  Phcebe. 

Common  summer  resident.  March  23  (Parkville)  to  Oct.  26 
(Parkville).    Xests  the  last  week  of  May  or  later. 

217.  Nuttallornis  borealis.    Olive-sided  Flycatchee 

Not  common  transient  visitant  in  fall;  rare  in  spring.  It 
has  occurred  May  24  (Jamaica,  Harry  F.  Floyd)  and  Aug.  19 
(Fire  Island  Light)  to  Sept.  26  (Jamaica).  The  writer  has 
recorded  several  specimens  (Auk,  xiv,  1897,  p.  99;  xvi,  18993 
p.  192  and  xix,  1902,  p.  147). 

218.  Contopus  virens.    Wood  Pewee. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  16  (Jamaica)  to  Oct.  6 
(Parkville).    Nesting  the  second  week  in  June. 

219.  Empidonax  flaviventris.    Yellow-bellied  Flycatcher. 
Rather  rare  transient  visitant.    May  19  (Flatbush)  to  June 

10  (Brooklyn)  and  Aug.  4  (Freeport)  to  Sept.  IS  (Brooklyn). 
For  specific  records  see  Braislin,  Auk,  xvi,  1899,  p.  192. 

220.  Empidonax  virescens.    Acadian  Flycatcher. 
Summer  resident,  rather  common,  locally,  especially  on  the 

north  side  of  the  island,  from  Jamaica  to  Oyster  Bay  and 
on  Gardiner's  Island.  May  19  (Jamaica)  to  July  11  (Gardi- 
ner's Island).    Nests  the  second  week  in  June. 

221.  Empidonax  traillii  alnorum.    Alder  Flycat<  ber. 

The  only  definite  record  is  that  of  a  specimen  in  the  col- 
lection of  Mr.  Arthur  H.  Helme  which  was  caught  by  his 


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house-cat.  They  are  doubtless  not  so  rare  in  migrations  as 
one  might  suppose,  from  this  seeming  dearth  of  specimens 
but  in  their  habits  they  are  so  unobtrusive  that  they  probably 
pass  unnoticed. 

'222.    Empidonax  minimus.    Least  Flycatcher. 

Xot  uncommon  summer  resident  but  local  in  its  distribution. 
May  12  (Jamaica)  to  Sept.  11  (Parkville).  It  is  heard  more 
frequently  in  the  shade-trees  of  the  "north  side"  village  streets 
than  elsewhere.  Miss  Charlotte  E.  Lee  records  it  at  Huntinff- 
ton  in  June.    (Bird-lore,  hi,  1901,  p.  172.) 

223.  Alauda  arvensis.    European  Skylark. 

Apparently  a  permanent  resident  at  Flatbush  and  vicinity. 
Its  song  may  be  heard  from  March  throughout  the  summer, 
as  late  as  Oct.  25,  and  perhaps  at  other  times.  It  has  been  a 
continuous  resident  of  this  section  since  1887  (Foster,  Forest 
and  Stream,  xxix,  1S87)  and  its  nest  has  been  several  times 
found  here  (Dutcher,  Auk,  V,  1888,  p.  ISO  and  Proctor, 
Auk,  xii,  1895,  p.  390).  Imported  birds  have  been  liberated  in 
or  about  New  York  several  times  during  the  past  quarter  cen- 
tury. The  blizzard  of  March,  1888,  was  supposed  to  have 
destroyed  the  colony  and  no  birds  were  noted  for  several  years. 
It  was  later  found  to  be  reestablished  and  therefore  some  ques- 
tion exists  as  to  its  having  been  actually  exterminated.  Birds 
from  elsewhere  may  have  become  reestablished  but  it  is  more 
probable  that  a  small  number  survived  the  rigors  of  that  memo- 
rable season.  It  is  possible  in  view  of  the  seeming  absence  of 
birds  in  winter  that  they  migrate  southward,  but  where  they 
move  to,  is  not  known.  The  possibilities  of  ultimate  survival 
of  this  small  colony,  around  whose  chosen  range  residential 
streets  are  rapidly  closing  in,  offers  a  field  for  interesting  specu- 
lation. 

224.  Otocoris  alpestris.    Horned  Lark;  Shore  Lark. 
Abundant  winter  visitant.    November   7   (Rockaway)  to 

March  18  (Flatlands). 


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225.  Otocoris  alpestris  hoyti.    Hoyt's  Horned  Lark. 
Casual  on  Long  Island.    (Oberholser,  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat. 

Mus.,  xxiv,  1902,  p.  845;  Dwight,  Auk,  vii,  1890,  p.  L43; 
and  Bishop,  Auk,  xiii,  1896,  p.  132.) 

226.  Otocoris  alpestris  pratico la.    Prairie  Horned  Lark. 

Possibly,  rare  permanent  resident.  First  found  on  Long  Is- 
land, July  31,  1886,  at  Long  Island  City  by  Messrs.  John  and 
W.  F.  Hendrickson,  and  again  Sept.  14,  1887  (Dutcher,  Auk, 
v,  1888,  p.  ISO).  Two  Horned  Larks  were  seen  July  2,  1903, 
at  Montauk  by  Messrs.  C.  G.  Abbott  and  P.  H.  Bahr,  doubt- 
less of  this  subspecies.  There  are  frequently  found,  in  winter, 
birds  closely  approaching  this  subspecies. 

227.  Cyanocitta  cristata.    Blue  Jay. 
Common  permanent  resident. 

228.  Corvus  corax  principalis.  Raven. 

Rare  or  accidental  visitor.  Two  records  exist;  a  bird  killed 
on  Comae  Hill  in  1836  is  in  the  collection  of  the  Long  Island 
Historical  Society;  and  a  specimen  taken  near  Prospect  Park 
in  1848,  formerly  in  the  collection  of  Mr.  Philip  Brasher,  but 
now  in  the  collection  of  the  University  of  Vermont  (Dutcher, 
Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  276). 

229.  Corvus  brachyrhynchos.    American'  Chow. 
Permanent  resident,  common.    Xests,  middle  of  April  to 

middle  of  May.  Woodhaven,  Apr.  30,  nest  with  4  young; 
nest  with  4  eggs;  Lake  Grove,  nest  with  5  eggs  nearly  hatched; 
May  30,  young  in  nest  (from  data  furnished  by  A.  H.  Howell). 

230.  Corvus  ossifragus.    Fish  Crow. 

Common  summer  resident.  March  11  to  December  (Rock- 
away.)  On  the  south  side  salt-meadows  during  summer  it  is 
the  commonly  observed  crow.  In  winter,  the  writer  believes 
it  to  be  rare  or  irregular,  but  there  are  records,  notably  the 


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following:  "Mr.  Theodore  Roosevelt  shot  a  male  at  Oyster 
Bay,  Long  Island  on  December  30,  1874"  (Zerega,  Bull.  N. 
0.  C,  v,  1880,  p.  205).  Mr.  William  Dutcher  has  compiled 
a  number  of  winter  records  for  Long  Island  and  adjacent  terri- 
tory (Trans.  Linn.  Soc.  N.  Y.,  vol.  i,  1882,  pp.  107  to  111). 
Nests  from  May  1  (?)  to  the  middle  of  June. 

231.  Sturnus  vulgaris.    European  Starling. 

An  introduced  foreign  species,  now  locally,  a  common  per- 
manent resident  from  Brooklyn  easterly  to  Hicksville  (Brais- 
lin,  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  289).  They  nest  in  church  spires, 
towers  and  tops  of  tall  buildings  in  Brooklyn.  Ten  years  ago 
a  large  colony  nested  in  a  huge  bird-box,  which  was  evidently 
provided  for  the  purpose,  placed  in  a  tall  tree,  near  Kensing- 
ton station,  South  Brooklyn. 

232.  Dolichonyx  oryzivorus.  Bobolink. 

Common  summer  resident,  especially  on  the  upland  grass- 
fields  of  the  north  side  of  the  island.  It  is  now  of  rare  occur- 
rence on  the  salt-meadows  of  the  south  side  of  the  island. 
May  12  (Flatbush)  to  Oct.  10  (Rockaway). 

233.  Molothrus  ater.  Cowbird. 

Abundant  summer  resident.  March  15  (Parkville)  to  Nov. 
5  (Parkville).  Occasionally  occurs  in  winter.  Two  males 
were  sent  to  me  from  East  Quogue,  Feb.  1,  1897. 

234.  Agelaius  phoeniceus.    Red-winged  Blackbird. 
Common  summer  resident,  locally  abundant.    February  25 

(Montauk)  to  Nov.  6  (Flatbush).  At  Montauk,  it  is  the  most 
constantly  present  and  conspicuous  bird  in  the  landscape;  here, 
but  never  elsewhere,  it  has  been  seen  by  the  writer  chasing  the 
Fish  Hawk,  after  the  maimer  of  the  Kingbird,  from  whom, 
likely,  it  has  learned  the  habit.  Nests  in  both  May  and  June 
and  perhaps  later. 

235.  Sturnella  magna.    Meadow  Lark. 

Common  summer  resident;  March  7  (Rockaway)  to  Dec.  25 


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(Rockaway);  not  very  rare  in  winter,  especially  on  the  salt 
marshes. 

236.  Icterus  spurius.    Orchard  Oriole. 

Not  common  summer  resident.  May  11  (Flatbush)  to  July 
18  (Flatbush).  Nests  the  first  week  in  June.  Full-grown 
young  observed  July  6. 

237.  Icterus  galbula.    Baltimore  Oriole. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  3  (Lake  Grove)  to  Sept. 
7  (Lake  Grove,  A.  H.  Howell).  Xests  the  last  of  May  and 
later.  Locally  known  as  "Golden  Robin,"  "Fire  Bird," 
"Hang-nest,"  and  "Golden  Oriole." 

238.  Euphagus  carolinus.    Rusty  Blackbird. 

Common  transient  visitant.  March  18  (Flatlands)  to  May 
6  (Jamaica);  Oct.  5  (Flatlands)  to  Nov.  19  (Montauk). 

239.  Quiscalus  quiscula.    Purple  Grackle. 

Common  summer  resident.  Feb.  23  (Montauk)  to  Oct.  IS 
(Rockaway  Beach).    Nests  in  May. 

240.  Quisculus  quiscula  seneus.    Bronzed  Grackle. 

Apparently  a  very  rare  transient  visitant.  One  was  taken, 
Mr.  Worthington  informs  me,  at  Shelter  Island,  June  1(>,  1886; 
and  one  at  Jamaica  South,  from  a  flock  of  six  or  seven  individ- 
uals Nov.  17,  1900  (Braislin,  Auk,  xix,  1902  p.  147).  A 
strongly  fixed,  inland  migration  route  seems  to  be  responsible 
for  its  rarity  on  Long  Island. 

241.  Pinicola  enucleator  leucura.    Pine  Grosbeak. 

At  rare  intervals  this  species  is  a  fairly  common  winter  visi- 
tant. During  the  winter  of  1903-04  an  incursion  of  a  very  large 
number  of  these  birds  occurred  and  they  were  found  abundantly 
at  certain  points  on  Long  Island  from  Dec.  14,  1903,  to  Feb.  19, 
1904  (Helme,  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  280).    Apparently  no  Mich 


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incursion  had  appeared  here  since  1844  (Dutcher,  Auk,  xxi, 
1904,  p.  281).  Prior  to  that  year  they  had  not  been  ob- 
served since  1S27  (Giraud,  Birds  of  L.  L,  p.  129).' 

242.  Carpodacus  purpureus.    Purple  Finch. 

Rare  permanent  resident;  more  common  during  migrations. 
It  has  been  found  breeding  at  Millers  Place  (Helme)  and  once 
at  Westbury  (Dutcher).  At  the  former  locality  it  is  regarded 
as  a  regular  but  not  abundant  breeder  (Howell,  Abstr.  Proc. 
Linn.  Soc.  no.  5,  1892-93,  p.  14). 

243.  Passer  domesticus.    House  Sparrow;  English  Spar- 
row. 

A  species  introduced  years  ago  and  now  an  abundant  perma- 
nent resident.  At  Montauk  Point  these  birds  are  partially 
migratory;  that  is,  they  leave  during  extremely  cold  weather 
and  in  1901  they  did  not  reappear  until  April  11.  One  fre- 
quently sees  them  in  Prospect  Park  and  elsewhere  gathered 
into  huge  flocks  as  early  as  July  first. 

244.  Loxia  curvirostra  minor.    Red  Crossbill. 

Common  in  winter.  Sept.  19  (Montauk)  to  April  23  (Pros- 
pect Park).  Though  occasionally  seen  in  summer  and  once 
found  nesting  at  Millers  Place,  April  10,  1883  (Helme,  Ornith. 
and  OoL,  viii,  p.  68)  it  is  probably  but  rarely  an  all-the-year 
resident.  Of  six  specimens  seen  at  Mt.  Sinai  Harbor  May  6, 
1900,  one  appeared  to  be  nesting  (Helme,  Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p.  290). 

245.  Loxia  leucoptera.    White-winged  Crossbill. 

Rare  winter  visitant.  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme  observed  birds  of 
this  species  almost  regularly  at  Mt.  Sinai  Harbor  from  Nov.  7, 

1899,  until  January  of  1900,  when  the  cones  on  which  they  fed 
became  exhausted;  and  more  rarely  to  Feb.  7,  1900  (Auk,  xvii, 

1900,  p.  295).  They  were  seen  in  Prospect  Park  during  the 
same  winter  (Braislin,  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  147). 


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246.  Acanthis  linaria.  Redpoll. 

Not  common  winter  visitant,  of  irregular  occurrence.  Mr. 
A.  H.  Helme  has  frequently  met  with  it  and  his  collection 
contains  several  specimens  taken  at  or  near  Miller's  Place. 

247.  Astragalinus  tristis.    American  Goldfinch. 
Common  permanent  resident.    Young  birds  in   the  nest 

have  been  found  as  late  as  October  3. 

248.  Spinus  pinus.    Pine  Siskin. 

A  common  winter  visitant;  at  times  abundant.  Oct.  1G 
(Flatlands)  to  May  1  (Flatbush). 

249.  'Passerina  nivalis.    Sxowflake;  Snow  Bunting. 

Not  uncommon  winter  visitant.  Often  abundant  on  the 
ocean  beaches.  November  1  (Montauk)  to  March  18  (Mon- 
tauk  and  Rockaway  Beach). 

250.  Calcarius  lapponicus.    Lapland  Longspur. 

Rather  rare  winter  visitant.  There  are  numerous  records, 
(Auk,  iii,  1886,  p.  444;  v,  p.  181;  vi,  1889,  p.  190;  xix,  1902, 
p.  204).  Unpublished  occurrences  are,  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme,  winter 
1901-2,  and  Mr.  H.  W.  Floyd,  Rockaway  Beach  Feb.  22,  L893. 

251.  Calcarius  ornatus.    Chestnut-collared  Longspi  r. 
Accidental.    A  single  specimen  taken  in  company  with  the 

preceding  species  was  secured  by  Messrs.  W.  F.  and  John 
Hendrickson  at  Long  Island  City,  Feb.  16,  1889  (Auk,  vi, 
1889,  p.  190). 

252.  Pooecetes  gramineus.    Vesper  Sparrow. 

Common  summer  resident;  rarely  found  in  winter  (Dutcher, 
Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  31).  April  1  (Sheepshead  Bay)  to  Nov.  23 
(Flatbush). 

253.  Passerculus  princeps.    Ipswich  Sparrow. 

Common  winter  visitant;  but  found  only  on  the  ocean  beaches. 
October  12  (Shinnecock)  to  Apr.  3  (Far  Rockaway). 


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254.  Passerculus  sandwichensis  savanna.    Savanna  Sparrow. 
Permanent  resident.    Rare  in  winter,  rather  rare  in  summer; 

abundant  in  migrations.  Only  one  nest  known  to  the  writer 
has  been  actually  secured  on  Long  Island,  at  Hicks  Island  by 
Mr.  Worthington,  but  birds  in  worn  nesting  plumage  have  been 
found  at  Garden  City  by  the  writer  in  the  middle  of  July, 
and  on  the  salt-meadows  of  the  Great  South  Bay  it  is  not 
uncommon  in  May,  June  and  July. 

255.  Coturniculus  bairdii.    Baird's  Sparrow. 

Accidental.  A  single  specimen  has  been  taken  by  Mr.  A.  H. 
Helme  at  Montauk  Point,  Nov.  13,  1899  (Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p. 
296). 

256.  Coturniculus  savannarum  passerinus.    Grasshopper  Spar- 
row. 

Abundant  summer  resident.  April  21  (Lake  Grove)  to 
Sept.  30  (Flatlands).  This  is  one  of  the  most  common  nesting 
species  of  birds  on  Long  Island.  It  is  found  in  grass  meadows 
and  uncultivated  fields  everywhere  throughout  the  island. 

257.  Ammodramus  henslowi.    Henslow's  Sparrow. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  It  will  probably  be  found  a  sum- 
mer resident.  A  specimen  was  killed  Nov.  20,  1901,  on  Shelter 
Island  (Worthington,  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  204). 

258.  Ammodramus  caudacutus.    Sharp-tailed  Sparrow. 
Common  summer  resident  on  the  salt  marshes.  Occasionally 

found  in  winter.    April  28  (Flatlands)  to  Oct.  23  (Flatlands). 

259.  Ammodramus  nelsoni.    Nelson's  Sparrow. 

I  have  never  taken  this  bird  on  Long  Island  and  have  no  rec- 
ord of  it.  It  would  therefore  have  been  omitted  but  for  the  fact 
that  it  is  found  along  the  Atlantic  coast  as  a  regular  migrant  at 
least  as  far  north  as  Connecticut.  "  In  late  September  and  Octo- 
ber it  comes  with  the  Acadian  Sparrow  to  the  wild  rice  grow- 


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ing  at  the  mouths  of  creeks  that  empty  into  Long  Island 
Sound"  (Bishop,  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  X.  )'.,  nos.  15-16, 
1904,  p.  55). 

260.  Ammodramus    nelsoni    subvirgatus .     Acadian  Sharp- 
tailed  Sparrow. 

Rather  common  migrant,  frequently  found  associated  with 
the  previous  species.  .  Oct.  7,  1901  (Shelter  Island). 

261.  Ammodramus  maritimus.    Sea-side  Sparrow. 
Common  summer  resident  on  the  western  end  of  the  island 

where,  like  the  Clapper  Rail,  it  nearly  reaches  its  northern  limit 
of  distribution.  On  the  eastern  end  it  is  practically  unknown. 
April  27  (Flatlands)  to  Sept.  30  (Flatlands). 

202.    Chondestes  grammacus.    Lark  Sparrow. 

An  accidental  visitant.  Four  or  more  specimens  have  been 
secured  on  Long  Island.  One  was  taken  at  Sayville  in  wet 
salt  meadows,  Aug.  20,  1879  (Earle,  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881, 
p.  58).  Another  recorded  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme  from  Miller's 
Place,  Nov.  27,  1899  {Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p.  296)  and  he  has 
informed  me  of  the  taking  of  another  at  the  same  place  about 
a  year  later  which,  I  believe,  is  still  unrecorded.  A  fourth 
specimen  was  shot  at  Shelter  Island,  July  28, 1902  (Worthington, 
Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  403). 

263.  Zonotrichia  leucophrys.    Wiiite-crCwnkd  Sparrow. 
Rare  transient  visitant.    April  10  (Parkville)  to  May  30 

(Far  Rockaway);  Oct.  16  (Queens  Co.)  to  Oct.  21  (Flatlands). 

264.  Zonotrichia  albicollis.    White-throated  Sparrow. 
Abundant  transient  and  common  winter  visitant.    Sept.  22 

(Lake  Grove,  A.  H.  Howell)  to  May  20  (Jamaica  South). 

265.  Spizella  monticola.    Tree  Sparrow. 

Abundant  winter  visitant.  November  5  (Flatlands)  to 
March  30  (Lake  Grove). 


266.  Spizella  socialis.    Ciiippixc;  Sparrow. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  1  (Lake  Grove)  to  Oct. 
26  (Bay  Ridge).  Nests  the  middle  of  June  and  in  July.  Young 
unable  to  fly,  observed  as  late  as  August  22. 

267.  Spizella  pusilla.    Field  Sparrow. 

Common  summer  resident.  March  27  (Rockaway  Beach) 
to  Oct.  26  (Lake  Grove).    Nests  in  June  and  July. 

268.  Junco  hyemalis.    Jtjnco;  Snow-bird. 

Common  winter  visitant.  Sept.  26  (Parkville)  to  May  5 
(Montauk). 

269.  Melospiza  cinerea  melodia.  Song  Sparrow. 
Abundant  resident.  Nests  by  April  22  (Flatbush).  Proba- 
bly this  is  the  most  generally  distributed  of  our  sparrows  for  it  is 
found  alike  in  rich,  cultivated  country,  in  wooded  regions  and 
on  wind-swept,  sandy  islands  where  vegetation  and  shelter  are 
meagre. 

270.  Melospiza  lincolnii.    Lincoln's  Sparrow. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  May  9  (Fire  Island  Light)  to  May 
12  (Jamaica  South)  and  Sept.  9  (Orient)  to  Nov.  29  (Parkville). 
Strange  to  say,  Giraud  did  not  credit  this  species  to  Long  Island. 
It  was  met  with  by  Mr.  de  L.  Berier  at  Fort  Hamilton,  Oct. 
8,  1880  {Bull.  N.  6.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  126).  Three  which  struck 
the  Fire  Island  Lighthouse,  the  night  of  May  9,  1882,  were  re- 
corded a  few  years  ago  (Dutcher,  Auk,  i,  p.  31;  also  p.  175). 
It  was  met  with  at  Parkville,  Nov.  27,  1894,  by  Mr.  F.  E. 
Johnson,  and  the  writer  has  taken  specimens  as  follows,  Park- 
ville, Sept  28,  1895;  Jamaica  South,  May  12,  1900;  Flatlands, 
Sept.  29,  1900. 

271.  Melospiza  georgiana.    Swamp  Sparrow. 

Uncommon  summer  resident,  common  transient  visitant; 
rare  in  winter.    April  16  (Flatlands)  to  Nov.  17  (Flatbush). 


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272.  Passerella  iliaca.    Fox  Sparrow. 

Common  transient  visitant.  March  7  (Prospect  Park)  to 
April  18  (Parkville,  and  Oct.  14  (Prospect  Park)  to  December 
25  (Flatbush). 

273.  Pipilo  erythrophthalmus.    Towhee;  Chewink. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  23  (Parkville)  to  Oct. 
23  (Flatlands).  It  occasionally  winters  (Floyd,  Auk,  xv,  1898, 
p.  190  and  Hendrickson,  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  216).  Xests  are 
sometimes  found  with  eggs  late  in  the  season.  At  Lake  Grove, 
Air.  Howell  found  two  nests,  each  with  four  eggs  on  Aug.  4. 

274.  Cardinalis  cardinalis.  Cardinal. 

Rare  summer  resident.  This  bird  like  the  Carolina  Wren, 
is  probably  now  much  rarer  than  before  the  thorough  clear- 
ing off  of  the  extensive  woodlands  and  undergrowth  of  the 
island,  especially  at  the  western  end,  where  it  was  formerly 
common.  Even  in  1884  a  nest  was  found  in  Prospect  Park 
(Adney,  Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  390).  Several  other  recent  records 
are,  Far  Rockaway  Sept.  7,  1884  (R.  B.  Lawrence,  Forest  and 
Stream,  xxiii,  p.  144);  Seaford,  Dec.  1,  1890  (Dutcher,  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  N.  Y.,  1892,  p.  1).  Two  were  seen  at  Prospect 
Park,  April  11,  1902,  by  Mr.  C.  G.  Abbott  and  on  March  26, 
same  year  and  place,  a  male  was  seen  by  the  writer.  On  Long 
Island  it  seems,  at  present,  to  be  extremely  rare,  though  common 
in  the  lower  Hudson  River  valley  and  found  in  Central  Park, 
New  York  city. 

27-").    Zamelodia  ludoviciana.    Rose-breasted  Grosbeak. 

This  species  is  apparently  only  an  uncommon  migrant.  May 
3  (Miller's  Place,  A.  H.  Helme)  to  May  12  (Jamaica  South); 
Sept.  25  (Parkville).  Though  this  territory  lies  within  its 
breeding  range,  we  have  been  unable  to  establish  any  data 
concerning  its  nesting  here  or  its  presence  during  the  breeding 
season. 


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276.    Guiraca  cserulea.    Blue  Grosbeak. 

Extremely  rare  casual  visitor.  Two  specimens  from  Long 
[sland  have  been  recorded,  one  by  Mr.  E.  P.  Bicknell  {Bull. 
N .  0.  C,  hi,  1878,  p.  132),  and  another  by  Mr.  Dutcher 
(Auk,  \,  1893,  p.  270).  De  Kay  records  a  specimen  taken  on 
Manhattan  Island,  N.  Y.  City,  May  15,  1838  (Birds  of  N.  Y. 
1843,  p.  146). 

J77.    Cyanospiza  cyanea.    Indigo  Bunting. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  27  (Jamaica)  to  Oct.  1 
(Flatlands).    Nests  have  been  taken  in  June. 

_}7n.    Cyanospiza  ciris.    Painted  Bunting. 

Several  specimens  were  taken  by  the  late  Mr.  Akhurst  many 
years  ago;  two  in  Brooklvn  and  several  others  on  the  Lono; 
Island  shore  near  the  Narrows  (Bicknell  Bull.  X.  0.  C, 
iii,  1878,  p.  132).  These  showed  no  evidence  of  being  cage- 
birds,  yet  from  the  fact  of  this  species  being  commonly  caged, 
it  is  considered  proper  to  include  them  in  the  list  only  as  possible 
stragglers. 

279.  Spiza  americana.    Dickcissel;  Black-throated  Bunt- 
ing. 

Accidental.  Two  specimens  arc  recorded  by  Mr.  Dutcher, 
taken  at  Miller's  Place  by  Mr.  Helme  Sept.  29,  and  another  at 
the  same  locality,  Oct.  10,  1888  (Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  137).  Mr. 
F.  E.  Johnson  shot  a  specimen  at  Parkville,  August  25,  1890 
(Auk,  viii,  1891,  p.  116).  A  curious  fact  connected  with  this 
species  is  that  it  was  formerly  a  common  summer  resident  on 
Long  Island.  Giraud  so  refers  to  it,  stating  the  times  of  its 
arrival  and  departure  (Birds  of  L.  /.,  p.  100). 

280.  Calamospiza  melancorys.    Lark  Bunting. 

Accidental  visitant  from  the  Western  Plains.  A  single 
specimen  taken  at  Montauk  Point,  Sept.  4,  1888  (Evans,  Auk, 
vi,  1SS9,  p.  192). 


281.  Piranga  ery  thro  me  las.    Scarlet  Tanager. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  8  (Cold  Spring  Harbor) 
to  Oct.  12  (Fire  Island  Light). 

282.  Piranga  rubra.    Summer  Tanager. 

Rare  casual  visitor.  A  considerable  number  of  records  of 
this  species  exist;  also  one  instance  of  its  probable  breeding  at 
Long  Island  City  (Hendrickson,  May  16,  1883,  Auk,  i,  1884, 
p.  290).  Most  instances  of  its  occurrence,  however,  have  been 
at  points  on  the  eastern  end  of  the  island  where  its  presence 
was  perhaps  due  to  its  survival  from  long  flights  over  the  sea. 
where  it  had  been  driven  by  storms  while  migrating.  The  early 
dates  of  its  occurrence  on  the  eastern  end  of  Long  Island  are 
about  synchronous  with  its  average  spring  appearance  in  Louisi- 
ana and  Florida  (Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  148).  The  following  are 
the  records  of  occurrence;  Sag  Harbor,  April  7,  1886,  Bridg- 
hampton,  May  1,  Merrick,  May  14,  1886  (Auk,  iii,  1886,  p. 
442)  Manor,  April,  1886,  Promised  Land,  April  1886  (Auk,  i, 
1888,  p.  181)  Setauket,  Apr.  11,  1901  (Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  291) 
all  by  Mr.  Butcher;  Ditch  Plain,  Montauk,  April  8,  1901, 
(Braislin,  Auk,  xix,  p.  147);  Shelter  Island,  Apr.  9,  1902 
(Worthington,  Auk,  xix,  p.  402).  The  specimen  obtained 
April  8,  1901,  was  picked  up,  almost  dead,  on  the  beach  by 
Capt.  J.  G.  Scott.  Its  stomach  contained  only  a  little  sand. 
It  is  probable  that  some  birds,  exhausted  by  their  struggles 
to  escape  the  sea  succumb  to  hunger  and  cold  even  when  their 
attempts  to  reach  land  have  succeeded. 

283.  Progne  subis.    Purple  Martin. 

Locally  a  common  summer  resident.  April  2  (Montauk) 
to  Sept.  17  (Lake  Grove). 

284.  Petrochelidon  lunifrons.    Cliff  Swallow. 

Rare  summer  resident.  August  2  (Shinnecock) ;  August 
29  (Centre  Moriches).  Mr.  Worthington  of  Shelter  Island  in 
1904  wrote  me,  "I  can  remember  when  about  50  pairs  nested 


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under  the  eaves  of  our  barn  but  now  it  is  rare  to  see  more  than 
two  or  three  nests  together." 

285.  Hirundo  erythrogaster.    Barn  Swallow. 

Common  summer  resident.  March  16  (Montauk)  to  Sept. 
24  (Flatlands).  Nest  building  by  May  1,  complement  of  eggs 
May  30. 

286.  Iridoprocne  bicolor.    Thee  Swallow. 

Locally,  a  rare  summer  resident.  At  Shelter  Island  where 
it  formerly  nested  commonly,  it  is  now,  as  at  almost  every  other 
part  of  the  island,  only  an  abundant  migrant.  March  19  (Rock- 
away)  to  May  15  OYoodhaven)  and  July  28  (Rockaway)  to 
Oct.  28  (Parkville);  once  seen  at  Miller's  Place  by  Mr.  Helme 
Nov.  25. 

287.  Riparia  riparia.    Bank  Swallow. 

Locally,  common  summer  resident.  Nest-building,  April  28 
(Montauk)  to  September  (Rockaway  Beach). 

288.  Stelgidopteryx  serripennis.    Rough-winged  Swallow. 

Rare  summer  resident.  This  species  was  found  April  19, 
1878,  at  New  Utrecht  (Berier,  Bull  N.  0.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  126). 
It  was  found  nesting  at  Shelter  Island,  June  3,  1893  (Sargent, 
Auk,  x,  1S93,  p.  369)  and  likewise  nesting  at  same  place,  June 
16,  1893  and  June  12,  1899  as  reported  to  me  by  Mr.  Worthlng- 
ton. 

289.  Ampelis  garrulus.    Bohemian  Waxwing. 

Giraud  states  that  several  specimens  were  shot  on  Long 
Island  in  1830  and  1832  (Birds  of  L.  L,  p.  145).  There  are 
no  recent  records. 

290.  Ampelis  cedrorum.    Cedar  Waxwing. 

Common  permanent  resident.  Mr.  A.  H.  Howell  has  found 
newly  incubated  eggs  July  7.  Locally  known  as  "Cherry  Bird." 


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291.  Lanius  borealis.    Northern  Shrike. 

Rather  common  winter  visitant.  Oct.  2(5  (Montauk)  to 
March  19  (Prospect  Park,  Brooklyn). 

292.  Lanius  ludovicianus  migrans.    Migrant  Shrike. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  On  Long  Island  it  seems  to  occur 
with  considerable  regularity  in  August,  for  Mr.  Helme  in- 
forms me  that  he  has  frequently  found  it  at  Miller's  Place 
during  that  month.  Mr.  Wm.  Dutcher  has  recorded  it  at 
Springs,  Aug.  28,  1888  (Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  138). 

293.  Vireo  olivaceus.    Red-eyed  Vireo. 

Very  common  summer  resident.  May  5  (Prospect  Park) 
to  Oct.  31  (Miller's  Place,  A.  H.  Helme).  It  is  found  nesting 
by  the  first  of  June. 

294.  Vireo  philadelphicus.    Philadelphia  \  ireo. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  It  has  been  recorded  from  Far 
Rockaway,  Sept.  25,  1879  (N.  T.  Lawrence,  Auk,  ii,  1885,  p. 
272);  Montauk  Light,  Sept,  20,  1893  (Dutcher);  Shelter  Island, 
Sept.  18,  1901  (Worthington,  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  89);  Jamaica 
South,  Sept.  14,  1900  (Cherrie,  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  210). 

295.  Vireo  gilvus.    Warbling  Vireo. 

Rare  and  local  summer  resident.  May  8  (Parkville)  to  Sept. 
16  (Parkville).  It  has  been  recorded  as  nesting  at  Parkville, 
June  11,  1900  (Braislin,  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  148). 

296.  Vireo  fiavifrons.    Yellow-throated  Vireo. 

Not  uncommon  summer  resident  and  regularly  found  in 
suitable  localities.  April  23  (Parkville)  to  Aug.  24  (Lake 
Grove).  Huntington,  June  1901  (Charlotte  Lee,  Bird  Lore, 
iii,  p.  172.) 

297.  Vireo  solitarius.    Blue-headed  Vireo. 

Uncommon  transient  visitant.  April  30  (Parkville)  to  May 
7  (Parkville)  and  Oct.  11  (Flatlands). 


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298.  Vireo  noveboracensis.    White-eyed  VlREO. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  8  (Cold  Spring)  to  Sept. 
13  (Lake  Grove).    Nests  the  first  of  June. 

299.  Mniotilta  varia.    Black-and-white  Warbler. 
Common  summer  resident.    April   19  (Prospect  Park)  to 

( )c  t.  1  (Prospect  Park). 

300.  Protonotaria  citrea.    Prothonotary  Warbler. 
Accidental  visitant.    There  arc  but  two  records;  Montauk 

Point,  Aug.  26,  1SS6  (Dutcher,  Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  182),  and  Ja- 
maica, May  1849  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  270). 

301.  Helmitheros  vermivorus.    Worm-eating  Warbler. 
Rare  transient.     Not  as  yet  found   breeding  or  in  the 

nesting  season.  A  number  of  specimens  have  been  secured; 
notably,  five  which  struck  Fire  Island  Light,  Aug.  28,  1898. 
(Dutcher,  Absir.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  of  N.  Y.,  no.  11,  1898-99, 
p.  .").);  one,  Prospect  Park  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  276); 
two  have  been  taken  at  Miller's  Place  by  Mr.  Helme,  Sept.  21, 
L889  and  May  1(1,  1892;  and  one,  Parkville,  Sept.  16,  1896 
(Braislin,  Auk,  xiv,  1897,  p.  100). 

302.  Helminthophila  pinus.    Blue-winged  Warbler. 
Common  summer  resident  in  suitable  localities  on  the  west- 
ern end  of  Long  Island;  elsewhere  rare.     May  2  (Jamaica)  to 
September  ? 

[Helminthophila  lawrencei.    Lawrence's  Warbler. 

This  rare  bird  supposedly  a  hybrid  has  been  but  once  secured 
on  Long  Island,  namely  at  Cold  Spring  Harbor,  May  8,  1902 
(Braislin,  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  53).] 

[Helminthophila  lencobronchialis.    Brewster's  Warbler. 

Though  somewhat  less  rare  than  the  preceding,  and  like  it 
a  supposed  hybrid  between  the  Blue-winged  and  Golden- 


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winged  Warbler,  it  has  been  once  recorded  from  Long  Island; 
a  specimen  secured  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Howell,  May  10,  1892,  at 
Parkville  (Auk,  ix,  1892,  p.  306).] 

303.  Helminthophila  chrysoptera.  Golden-winged  Warbler. 
Rare  transient  visitant.    The  Lawrence  Collection  in  the 

American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  -New  York,  contains  a 
specimen,  shot  August  15,  1831,  by  J.  F.  Ward.  A  specimen 
was  taken  at  Oyster  Bay,  May  10,  1878,  by  Mr.  Theodore 
Roosevelt.  Mr.  A.  H.  Howell  took  one  at  Parkville,  May  11, 
1893  (Auk,  xi,  1894,  p.  S3)  and  another  was  secured  at  the 
same  locality  by  the  writer,  Aug.  29,  1896.  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme 
has  obtained  several  at  Miller's  Place. 

304.  Helminthophila  ruficapilla.    Xashville  Warbler. 
Rare  transient  visitant;    possibly,  summer  resident.  One 

specimen  was  taken  at  Miller's  Place  by  Mr.  Helme  June  13, 
1892.  Other  dates  are,  two  on  May  8,  1892.  at  Brooklyn 
(Howell,  Auk,  ix,  1892,  p.  309);  two  at  Jamaica  May  6,  1898, 
and  one  at  Jamaica  Sept.  26,  1898,  by  the  writer.  One  speci- 
men from  Prospect  Park  is  contained  in  the  collection  of  the 
Long  Island  Historical  Society.  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p. 
277).  Mr.  Helme's  dates  besides  the  above  are  May  9,10, 
13,  15,  16,  24,  1882;  May  15,  Sept.  10,  18S3;  May  13,  1886; 
Oct.  15,  1888. 

305.  Helminthophila  celata.    Oraxge-crowxed  Warbler. 
Accidental  visitant.    Mr,   Howell  secured  a  specimen  at 

Flatbush  Oct.  12,  1892  (Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  90);  one  is  contained 
in  the  Collection  of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  (Auk, 
x,  1893,  p.  277)  and  one  was  met  with  by  Mr.  Helme  in  the 
autumn  of  1893  (Absfr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  X.  Y.,  1894,  no.  6, 
p.  11). 

306.  Helminthophila  peregrina.    Tennessee  Warbi  er. 
Rather  rare  transient  visitant  and  only  met  with,  thus  far, 


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in  autumn.  The  writer  has  obtained  specimens  as  follows. 
Sept.  28,  1895,  and  Aug.  27,  189S,  Parkville;  Sept.  8,  Sept.  20, 
1898,  Jamaica;  Mr.  Howell,  Sept.  20,  1893  and  Oct.  3,  1S94 
at  Lake  Grove.    There  are  numerous  other  records. 

Compsothlypis  americana    usnea.     Northern  Parula 
Warbler. 

Locally  common  summer  resident.  Abundant  transient  visi- 
tant. May  2  (Flatbush)  to  May  22  (Jamaica)  and  Sept.  4 
to  Oct.  1  (both  Jamaica);  also  Oct.  11  (Fire  Island  Light, 
.1///;,  i,  p.  170).  Mr.  Arthur  H.  Howell  found  it  breeding  at 
Locust  Grove  (June  5,  two  nests),  at  Ronkonkoma  in  varying 
numbers  from  year  to  year;  on  Gardiner's  Island  it  nests  (Chap- 
man, Bird-Lore,  v,  1903,  p.  179)  and  Mr.  C.  G.  Abbott  has 
also  found  it  nesting  commonly  there. 

308.  Dendroica  tigrina.    Cape  May  Warbler. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  A  specimen  was  taken  at  Shelter 
Island,  May  11,  1893  (Worthington,  Auk  x,  1893,  p.  303) 
and  one  at  Canarsie,  Sept.  12,  1894  (Braislin,  Auk,  xiii,  1896, 
p.  87).  Several  other  specimens  without  data,  are  known  to 
the  writer. 

309.  Dendroica  sestiva.    Yellow  Warbler. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  18  (Montauk)  to  Sept.  20 
(Fire  Island). 

310.  Dendroica  caerulescens.    Black-throated  Blue  War- 

■ 

BLER. 

Common  transient  visitant.  May  7  (Parkville)  to  May  27 
(Jamaica  South);  August  29  (Parkville)  to  Oct.  10  (Wood- 
haven). 

311.  Dendroica  coronata.    Myrtle  Warbler. 

Common  transient  visitant;  Oct.  5  (Parkville)  to  May  15 
(Flatbush).     It  is  found  the  winter  through  at  Rockaway 


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Beach.  Its  food,  in  winter,  judging  from  the  stomachs  exam- 
ined, is  exclusively  the  fruit  of  the  cedar  and  baybeny. 

312.  Dendroica  maculosa.    Magnolia  Warbler. 

Common  transient  visitant.  May  5  (Parkville)  to  May  28 
(Jamaica)  and  August  27  (Flatlands)  to  Oct.  12  (Flatlands). 

313.  Dendroica  caerulea.    Cerulean  Warbler. 
Accidental.    One  record,  a  single  specimen  in  the  collection 

of  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society,  taken  at  Crow  Hill, 
Brooklyn  (Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  277). 

314.  Dendroica  pensylvanica.    Chestnut-sided  Warbler. 

Common  transient  visitant.  May  1  (Jamaica  South)  to 
May  28  (Jamaica)  and  Sept.  12  (Jamaica)  to  Sept.  29  (Flat- 
lands). 

315.  Dendroica  castanea.    Bay-breasted  Warbler. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  May  16  (Miller's  Place,  A.  H. 
Helme)  to  May  29  (Flatlands)  and  Sept.  12  (Miller's  Place, 
A.  H.  Helme)  to  Sept.  29  (Miller's  Place). 

316.  Dendroica  striata.    Black-poll  Warbler. 

Common  transient.  May  11  (Parkville)  to  June  3  (Jamaica) 
and  Sept.  9  (Fire  Island  Light)  to  Oct.  20  (Fire  Island  Light). 
Of  595  birds  killed  by  striking  Fire  Island  Light,  the  night  of 
Sept.  23,  1887,  356  were  of  this  species. 

317.  Dendroica  blackburnise.    Blackburnian  Warbler. 

Not  uncommon  transient  visitant.  May  6  (Jamaica)  to 
May  28  (Parkville)  and  Sept.  5  (Jamaica)  to  Sept.  29  (Fire 
Island,  Dutcher^/r,  i,  18S4,  p.  178). 

318.  Dendroica  dominica.    Yellow-throated  Warbler. 

Accidental,  one  record,  Brooklyn  (Dutcher,  Auk,  x,  1893, 
p.  277). 


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319.  Dendroica  virens.    BLACK-THROATED  GREEN  WARBLER. 
Rare  summer  resident,  common  transient  visitant.    On  May 

30,  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme  found  a  pair  ready  to  breed.  They  were 
on  the  hills  near  the  shore  of  Long  Island  Sound.  It  has  been 
found  nesting  on  the  opposite  shore  of  the  Sound  at  Saybrook 
Point  by  Mr.  J.  N.  Clark. 

320.  Dendroica  vigorsii.    Pine  Warbler. 

Common  summer  resident.  April  7  (Lake  Grove)  to  Aug.  2 
(Canoe  Place).  Xests  in  the  scrub  pines.  Nests  containing 
eggs  have  been  found  by  May  4  (A.  H.  Helme). 

The  town  of  Central  Park,  marks  the  western  limit  of  the 
scrub  pines  and  likewise,  according  to  the  writer's  observation, 
the  breeding  range  of  this  species  on  Long  Island. 

321.  Dendroica  palmarum.    Palm  Warbler. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  Apr.  18  (Parkville);  Sept.  7  (Mon- 
tauk,  Dwight)  to  Oct.  10  (Parkville). 

:\22.    Dendroica  palmarum  hypochrysea.    Yellow  Palm  War- 
bler. 

Not  uncommon  transient  visitant.  April  11  (Prospect  Park, 
C.  G.  Abbott)  to  April  30  (Parkville);  Oct.  11  (Flatlands)  to 
October  30  (Sheepshead  Bay). 

323.  Dendroica  discolor.    Prairie  Warbler. 

Rather  common  summer  resident.  May  2  (Jamaica)  to 
September  11  (Parkville).    Xests  late  in  June. 

324.  Seiurus  aurocapillus.  Oven-bird. 

Common  summer  resident,  generally  distributed.  April  30 
(Parkville)  to  Oct.  3  (Parkville).  Although  found  among  the 
stunted  trees  nestling  among  the  sand-dunes,  in  the  near  vi- 
cinity  of  the  ocean,  it  nests  more  abundantly  inland. 

325.  Seiurus  noveboracensis.  Water-Thrush. 

Common  transient  visitant.    May  7  (Flatlands)  to  May  27 


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(Jamaica);  Aug.  20  (Jamaica)  to  Oct.  11  (Flatlands)  Aug. 
14  (Fire  Island  Light,  Dutcher,  Auk,  ii,  1884,  p.  175). 

326.  Seiurus   noveboracensis   grinnelli.    Grinneli/s  Water- 
Thrush. 

Rare  transient  or  accidental  visitant.  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme  has 
a  typical  specimen  of  this  race  taken  at  Miller's  Place. 

327.  Seiurus  motacilla.    Louisiana  Water-Thrush. 

Rare  summer  resident.  In  several  suitable  localities  along 
the  north  shore  this  species  may  be  found  in  summer. 

328.  Geothlypis  formosa.    Kentucky  Warbler. 

Possibly  a  very  rare  summer  resident.  In  the  Lawrence 
Collection  a  specimen  from  Raynor  South  bears  date  of  May 
18,  1834;  Mr.  Dutcher  has  recorded  but  two  specimens,  viz. : 
Fire  Island  Light,  Aug.  18,  1888  (Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  139),  and 
Flatlands,  May  (Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  277). 

329.  Geothlypis  agilis.    Connecticut  Warbler. 

Not  uncommon  transient  visitant;  sometimes  common,  in 
autumn.  Sept.  4  (Freeport)  to  Oct.  12  (Fire  Island  Light, 
Dutcher). 

330.  Geothlypis  Philadelphia.    Mourning  Warbler. 

Rare  transient  visitant.  Giraud  speaks  of  one  having  been 
obtained  by  Mr.  Bell  (Birds  of  L.  I.  p.  65)  and  one  was 
obtained  by  G.  B.  Brainerd  at  New  Lots,  June,  1862  (Howell, 
Auk,  xvi,  1899,  p.  So). 

331.  Geothlypis  trichas  brachydactyla.     Maryland  Yellow- 
throat. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  1  (Jamaica)  to  Oct.  25 
(Parkville).    Xest,  May  30. 

332.  Icteria  virens.    Yellow-breasted  Chat. 

Locally  common  summer  resident.  May  2  (Miller's  Place, 
A.  H.  Helme)  to  Oct.  2  (Montauk). 


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333.  Wilsonia  mitrata.    Hooded  Warbler. 

Hare  visitant.  Numerous  records,  (A.  H.  Howell,  Auk,  xi, 
1894,  p.  84;  Dutcher,  Abstr.  Proc.Linn.  Soc.N.  Y .,  1898-9, 
no.  11,  p.  5,  etc.).;  Apr.  30  (Parkville,  A.  H.  Howell)  to  May  16 
(Shelter  Island,  Dutcher);  Aug.  28  (Fire  Island  Light)  to 
Sept.  2  (Parkville). 

334.  Wilsonia  pusilla.    Wilson's  Black-cap  Warbler. 

Rather  rare  transient  visitant.  Several  have  been  obtained 
at  Miller's  Place  by  Mr.  Helme,  taken  both  spring  and  fall. 

335.  Wilsonia  canadensis.    Canadian  Warbler. 

Common  transient  visitant.  May  17  (Jamaica)  to  June  3 
(Jamaica);  August  21  (Flatlands)  to  Sept.  5  (Jamaica). 

336.  Setophaga  ruticilla.  Redstart. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  7  (Flatlands)  to  Sept.  28 
(Parkville).    Nests  the  middle  of  June. 

337.  Anthus  pensilvanicus.    American  Pipit;  Titlark. 

Fairly  common  transient  visitant.  Apr.  12  (Flatlands); 
Oct.  8  (Flatlands)  to  Nov.  27  (Flatlands). 

338.  Mimus  polyglottos.  Mockingbird. 

Rare  visitant  and  probably  very  rare  summer  resident. 
Mr.  de  L.  Eerier  found  an  immature  specimen  at  Gravesend, 
Aug.  9,  1879  (Bull.  N.  0.  C,  v,  1880,  p.  46).  Mr.  Dutcher 
recorded  it  from  Flatbush,  November,  1884  (Auk,  v,  1888, 
p.  1  S3).  It  has  been  taken  several  times  at  Rockaway  Beach 
(Braislin,  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  53). 

339.  Galeoscoptes  carolinensis.  Catbird. 

Common  summer  resident.  Very  rarely  seen  in  winter.  May 
2  (Jamaica)  to  Oct.  26  (Greenwood).    Nests  last  week  in  May. 


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340.  Toxostoma  rufum.    Brown  Thrasher. 

Common  summer  resident.  Occasionally  observed  in  winter. 
April  26  (Amity ville)  to  Oct.  29  (Prospect  Park). 

341.  Thyrothonis  ludovicianus.    Carolina  Wren. 

Rare  permanent  resident.  Locally,  as  at  Gardiner's  Island, 
it  seems  fairly  common  (Chapman,  Bird-lore,  v,  1903,  p.  178, 
C.  G.  Abbott).  It  has  been  recorded  as  nesting  at  Flushing 
and  at  Roslyn  (Deane,  Bull.  N.  0.  C,  iv,  1879,  p.  184; 
Conklin,  Auk,  xiv,  1897,  p.  97).  There  are  many  recorded 
instances  of  its  occurrence. 

342.  Troglodytes  aedon.    House  Wren. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  6  (Parkville)  to  Oct.  6 
(Lake  Grove,  A.  H.  Howell). 

343.  Olbiorchilus  hiemalis.    Winter  Wren. 

Rather  common  transient  in  fall  and  rare  winter  visitant. 
Sept.  25  (Parkville)  to  March  25  (Montauk). 

344.  Cistothorus  stellaris.    Short-billed  Marsh  Wren. 
The  only  unquestionable  evidence  of  the  occurrence  of  this 

species  on  Long  Island  has  been  obtained  by  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme, 
wrho  has  one  skin,  taken  at  Miller's  Place,  in  the  autumn  of 
1901. 

345.  Telmatodytes  palustris.    Long-billed  Marsh  Wren. 
Locally  abundant  summer  resident  in  the  salt  marshes.  May 

4  (Flatlands)  to  Oct.  8  (Springfield). 

346.  Certhia  familiaris  americana.    Brown  Creeper. 
Common  winter  visitant,  sometimes  abundant  in  autumn. 

Oct.  6  (Parkville)  to  April  12  (Prospect  Park). 

347.  Sitta  carolinensis.   White-breasted  Nuthatch. 
Common  permanent  resident,  but  rare  in  winter. 


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348.  Sitta  canadensis.    Red-breasted  Nuthatch. 

Rather  common  winter  visitant.  July  20  (Parkville)  to 
April  20  (Selden,  A.  II.  Howell). 

349.  Baeolophus  bicolor.    Tufted  Titmouse. 

Apparently  rather  common  in  Giraud's  day  (Birds  of  L.  I., 
p.  78),  it  is  now  one  of  the  rarest  of  the  Long  Island  avifauna. 
Two  recent  records  exist  (Dutcher,  Brooklyn,  Auk,  x,  1893, 
p.  277;  and  Braislin,  Sheepshead  Bay,  March  14  and  15,  1898, 
Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  148). 

350.  Parus  atricapillus.  Chickadee. 

Common  permanent  resident.  This  species  seems  to  be 
confined  during  the  nesting  season  to  the  limit  of  the  pine  and 
scrub-oak  flora  of  Long  Island.  In  winter  it  is  found  gener- 
ally distributed. 

351.  Regulus  satrapa.    Golden-crowned  Kinglet. 
Common  transient  and  winter  visitant.    Oct.  10  (Parkville) 

to  April  13  (Flatlands). 

352.  Regulus  calendula.   Ruby-crowned  Kinglet. 
Common  transient  visitant.    April  5  (Flatlands)  to  May  7 

(Parkville)  and  Sept.  25  (Parkville)  to  Oct.  12  (Flatlands). 

353.  Polioptila  caerulea.    Blue-gray  Gnatcatcher. 

A  specimen  in  the  Long  Island  Historical  Society  taken  at 
Canarsie  in  1849  was  reported  by  Mr.  Dutcher  (Auk,  x,  1893, 
p.  277);  a  second  specimen  was  recorded  by  N.  T.  Lawrence, 
taken  at  Far  Rockaway,  April  18,  1874  (Auk,  ii,  1885,  p.  272) ; 
De  L.  Berier  reported  one  shot  Oct.  11, 1879,  at  Fort  Hamilton, 
(Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  272);  Dr.  Jonathan  Dwight,  Jr., 
recorded  one  taken  at  Montauk,  Sept.  2,  1885,  (Auk,  v,  1888, 
p.  324). 

354.  Myadestes  townsendii.    Townsend's  Solitaire. 

This  is  the  latest  species  to  be  recorded  of  several  of  the 


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far  western  stragglers  which  are  occasionally  found  on  Long 
Island.  An  individual  was  taken  at  Kings  Park,  Nov.  25, 
1905,  by  J.  A.  Weber  (Dwight,Auk,  xxiii,  1906,  p.  105).  The 
number  of  birds  lost  in  migrations  is  illustrated  by  such  waifs 
and  stragglers,  comparatively  few  of  which  ever  fall  under  the 
observation  of  the  ornithologist.  Those  destroyed  at  sea  or 
lost  on  land  probably  reach  an  annual  aggregate  of  large  pro- 
portions for  observers  are  so  few  and  the  area  each  can  ex- 
plore so  small  that  the  waifs  actually  recorded  must  be  only 
a  minute  fraction  of  the  total  number. 

355.  Hylocichla  mustelina.    Wood  Thrush. 

Common  summer  resident.  May  4  (Lake  Grove)  to  Sept. 
26  (Parkville). 

356.  Hylocichla  fuscescens.    Wilson's  Thrush. 

Not  common  summer  resident.  April  13  (Parkville)  to 
Oct.  15  (Lake  Grove). 

357.  Hylocichla  aliciae.    Gray-cheeked  Thrush. 
Common  transient  visitant.    May  11  (Parkville)  to  May  30 

(Jamaica);  and  Sept.  26  (Jamaica)  to  Oct.  12  (Flatlands). 

358.  Hylocichla  aliciae  bicknelli.    Bicknell's  Thrush. 

Not  uncommon  transient  visitant.  Sept.  18  (Shinnecock 
Light,  A.  H.  Howell,  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  91)  to  Oct.  23  (Astoria). 

359.  Hylocichla  ustulata  swainsonii.    Olive-backed  Thrush. 
Common  transient  visitant.    April  30  (Parkville)  to  May  17 

(Jamaica)  and  Sept.  4  (Freeport)  to  Oct.  30  (Sheepshead  Bay). 

360.  Hylocichla  guttata  pallasii.    Hermit  Thrush. 
Common  transient  visitant.    April  10  (Prospect  Park)  to 

May  6  (Parkville)  and  Sept.  14  (Montauk)  to  Dec.  1  (Prospect 
Park). 

361.  Merula  migratoria.  Robin. 

Abundant  summer  resident.    Feb.  23  (Parkville)  to  Dec.  23 


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(Rockaway).  A  few  large,  brightly  colored  Robins  are  to  be 
seen  in  winter  in  favored  localities. 

362.  Ixoreus  nsevius.    Vakied  Thrush. 

Accidental.  G.  N.  Lawrence  records  one  in  his  collection 
taken  at  Islip  in  the  fall  (Bd.  Brew.  &  Ridg.  Birds  X.  Am.  1874, 
i,  29,  and  Coues  Bds.  Colo.  Valley,  1878,  p.  19).  Two  recent 
specimens  from  Long  Island  are  both  due  to  the  collecting  zeal 
of  Mr.  A.  H.  Helme.  The  first  was  rescued  from  oblivion  by 
his  looking  up  the  report  of  a  strange  bird  caught  in  a  rabbit- 
noose  (Dutcher,  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  N.  Y.,  no.  2,  1890  p. 
9).  Mr.  Helme  in  company  with  Mr.  Geo.  K.  Cherrie  discov- 
ered the  wing  and  other  portions  of  a  second  specimen  at 
Millers'  Place,  November  19,  1905. 

363.  Saxicola  oenanthe.  Wheatear. 

Accidental.  There  are  several  recent  records.  Dr.  J.  A. 
Allen  has  called  attention  to  a  specimen  from  Long  Island  in 
the  D.  G.  Elliot  collection  (Auk,  iii,  1886,  p.  490).  Another 
specimen  is  in  the  collection  of  the  Long  Island  Historical 
Society,  taken  at  Jamaica  in  1885  (Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  277). 

364.  Sialia  sialis.  Bluebird. 

A  not  common  summer  resident.  March  14  (Montauk) 
to  Nov.  28  (Flatlands).  It  may  be  occasionally  seen  on  Long 
Island  in  winter,  though  the  writer  has  no  midwinter  records. 
At  that  season  it  bears  no  comparison  to  the  frequency  of  its 
relation,  the  American  Robin.  In  the  Christmas  bird-census 
compiled  by  the  editor,  Mr.  Chapman,  and  published  for 
several  years  past  in  Bird-Lore,  the  Bluebird  is  conspicuous 
by  its  absence.  The  interesting  lists  contributed  by  Miss 
Charlotte  E.  Lee  from  Huntington,  Messrs.  Selah  B.  Strong 
and  Walter  White  from  Setanket,  Charles  H.  Rogers  and  Harold 
E.  Porter  from  Rockaway  Beach,  Karl  B.  Squires  from  Green- 
port  and  Roy  Latham  from  Orient  Point,  contain  five  obser- 
vations with  a  total  of  24  individuals  of  the  Robin,  while  no 
observation  of  the  Bluebird  is  included. 


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BIBLIOGRAPHY 

OF 

Ornithological  Writings  relating  to  the  Birds  of  Long 
Island,  New  York. 

Adxey,  E.  T.  The  Cardinal  Grosbeak  breeding  in  [Prospect 
Park],  Brooklyn,  N.  Y.— Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  390. 

Akhurst,   Johx.    Capture  of  the  Egyptian  Goose  on  Long 
Island.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  ii,  1877,  p.  52. 
Doubtless  one  of  several  which  escaped  from  confinement. 

Allen,  Charles  Slover.  Breeding  habits  of  the  Fish  Hawk 
on  Plum  Island,  New  York.— Auk,  ix,  1892,  pp.  313-332, 
(2  pll.). 

Allen,  C.  S.  The  nesting  of  the  Black  Duck  on  Plum  Island. — 
Auk,  x,  1893,  pp.  53-59  (2  pll.). 

Allen,  Joel  Asaph.  [Note  on  occurrence  of  Fish  Crow  on  Long 
Island.]— Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  p.  47. 

Allex,  J.  A.    A  revised  list  of  the  birds  of  Massachusetts. —  Bull. 
Amer.  Mus.  Nat.  Hist.,  i,  1886,  pp.  221-271. 
Many  interesting  references  to  Long  Island  birds. 

Allex,  J.  A.  Capture  of  a  pair  of  wild  hybrid  Ducks  (Mallard 
+  Muscovy)  on  Long  Island. —  Auk,  iii,  1886,  pp.  274-275. 

Allex,  J.  A.    Three  interesting  birds  in  the  American  Museum 
of  Natural  History.—  Auk,  iii,  1886,  p.  489. 
One  of  the  birds  is  Mr.  D.  G.  Elliott's  specimen  of  Saxicola  cenanthe,  from 
Long  Island. 

Allex,  J.  A.    Notes  on  some  of  the  rarer  birds  of  Massachusetts. 
Am.  Naturalist,  iii,  1870,  pp.  631-678. 
Wilson's  Plover  is  said  to  haVe  been  abundant  on  Long  Island  in  August. 

Allex,  J.  A.  Review  of  Rowley's  'The  Pied  Duck/ — Bull. 
N.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  pp.  79-80.* 

Long  Island  said  to  be  the  last  locality  from  whence  a  specimen  has 
been  secured. 


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Allen,  J.  A.  Review  of  Roosevelt's  'Notes  on  some  of  the  Birds 
of  Oyster  Bay,  L.  I/—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iv,  1879,  p.  171. 

Allen,  J.  A.    Destruction  of  birds  by  light-houses. —  Bull.  N. 
O.  C,  v,  1880,  pp.  131-138. 
Refers  to  instances  on  Long  Island. 

Anon.    ["S.  G.  D."]    Acclimating  British  songsters.  Familiar 
Science  and  Fancier  s  Journal,  vi,  1879,  pp.  22-23. 
Liberation  of  British  birds  at  Greenwood  Cemetery,  Brooklyn. 

American  Ornithologists  Union.  Twelfth  supplement  to  A.  O. 
U.  Check-List.—  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  344. 

Hoyt's  Horned  Lark  (Otocoris  alpestris  hoyti)  specifically  referred  to 
Long  Island. 

Baird,  S.  F.  Catalogue  of  North  American  birds  chiefly  in  the 
museum  of  the  Smithsonian  Institution,  Washington,  1858. 

The  following  species  are  referred  to  Long  Island  viz. —  Heath  Hen, 
Trudeau's  Tern,  Varied  Thrush,  Seaside  Finch  and  Cooper's  Sand- 
piper. 

Baird,  Spencer  F.,  Cassin,  John  and  Lawrence,  George 
Newbold. —  Birds  of  North  America,  Vol.  ix  of  Pacific 
R.  R.  Exp.  and  Surv.,  Washington  1858  [and  Phila.  1860 
edition]. 

The  portion  dealing  with  the  water-birds,  largely  from  the  pen  of  Mr. 
Lawrence,  contains  many  original  references  to  Long  Island  birds. 

Badger,  George  B.    Histrionicus  histrionicus  on  Long  Island, 

N.  Y.—  Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  67. 

At  Freeport,  Nov.  22,  1878. 

Bailey,  Harry  B.    Occurrence  of  Passerculus  princeps  in  New 
York.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  ii,  1877,  pp.  78-79. 
First  record  of  Ipswich  Sparrow  on  Long  Island. 
Beard,  Dan.    Home  of  the  American  Osprey. —  Scientific  Amer. 
Suppl.  xlv,  July  30,  1881,  p.  31. 
Bird  notes  on  Gardiner's  Island. 
Beard,  D.    The  Barn  Owl  on  Long  Island. —  Auk,  xix,  1902, 
p.  398. 
Nesting  at  Flushing. 


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Beard,  D.  Long-eared  Owls  resident  at  Flushing,  Long  Island, 
N.  Y. —  Auk,  xxiii,  1906,  p.  337. 

Beebe,  C.  W.    The  European  Lapwing  on  Long  Island. —  Auk, 
xxiii,  1906,  p.  221. 
In  the  fall  of  1905  at  Watermill. 

Benner,  Franklin.  Bird  notes  from  Long  Island. —  Forest  and 
Stream,  x,  1878,  pp.  174  and  215. 

Berier,  de  Lagnel.  Interesting  birds  found  on  Long  Island. — 
Bull.  N.  O.  C,  v,  1880,  pp.  46-47. 

Berier,  de  L.    Notes  on  a  few  birds  observed  at  Fort  Hamilton, 
Long  Island,  N.  Y.— Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881,  pp.  11-13. 
Ten  species  included  in  the  remarks. 

Berier,  de  L.    Notes  on  birds  rare  or  accidental  on  Long  Island, 
N.  Y. —  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  125-126. 
Eleven  species  recorded. 

Berier,  de  L.    Colaptes  auratus  +  C.  mexicanus. —  Bull.  N.  O. 
C,  vi,  1881,  p.  247. 
Three  specimens  taken  at  Fort  Hamilton  supposed  to  show  evidence  of 
hybridization. 

Berier,  de  L.  Further  notes  on  the  Labrador  Gyrfalcon  taken 
on  Long  Island,  N.  Y.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881,  pp.  247-248. 

Berier  de  L.  Unseasonable  birds  on  Long  Island. —  Auk,  iii, 
1886,  p.  281. 

Galeoscoptes  cordinensis,  Dec.  30;  Oidemia  per spicillata,  July  21;  Harelda 
glacialis,  July  12. 

Bicknell,  Eugene  P.  Evidences  of  the  Carolinian  fauna  in  the 
lower  Hudson  valley  principally  from  observations  taken  at 
Riverdale,  N.  Y.— Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  pp.  128-132. 

Refers  particularly  to  five  or  six  specimens  of  the  Painted  Bunting  and 
two  more  known  to  Mr.  Akhurst  from  Long  Island. 

Bicknell,  E.  P.    The  Carolina  Wren  breeding  in  New  York. — 
Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iv,  1879,  pp.  183-184. 
Breeding  at  Flushing  and  at  Valley  Grove. 

Bildersee,  Isaac.  [Christmas  bird  census  at  Manhattan  Beach] 
Bird-Lore,  vi,  1905,  p.  26. 


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BoAKDMAN,  George  A.    Labrador  Gyrfalcon. —  Rod  and  Gun, 
vii,  IS 75,  p.  153. 
A  specimen  recorded  from  "Westchester  (!)  Co.  Long  Island." 

Braislin,   William  C.     Notes  on  Long  Island  birds. —  Auk, 

xiii,  1896,  pp.  87-88. 

Melospiza  lincolni,  Vireo  gilvus,  Helminthophila  peregrina,  Dendroica 
tigrina,  D.  castanea. 

Braislin,  W.  C.    Records  of  two  birds  [Contopus  borealis  and 
Helmitherus  vermivorus]  rare  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk, 

xiv,  1897,  pp.  99-100. 

Braislin,  W.  C.    The  Starling  (Sturnus  vulgaris)  on  Long  Island. 
—  Auk,  xv,  1898,  pp.  55-56. 

Braislin,  W.  C.    The  White-crowned  Sparrow  (Zonotrichia  leu- 
cophrys)  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  xv,  1898,  p.  58. 

Braislin*,  W.  C.    Notes  on  Long  Island  birds. —  Auk,  xvi,  1899, 
pp.  190-193,  N.  Y. 

Larus  leucopterus  (or  kumlieni),  Sterna  caspia,  Aythya  collaris,  Tringa 
bairdii,  Ereunetes  occidentalis,  Alauda  arvensis  and  others;  ten  species  in 
all. 

Braislin,  W.  C.    Notes  on  birds  of  Long  Island. —  Auk,  xvii, 
1900,  pp.  69-71. 

Ardea  egretta,  A.  candidissima,  Cathartes  aura,  Accipiter  atricapillus , 
Strix  pratincola,  Syrnium  nebulosum. 

Braislin,  W.  C.    Notes  concerning  certain  birds  of  Long  Island. — 
Auk,  xix,  1902,  pp.  145-149. 

Nettion  crecca,  Ardea  egretta,  A.  ccerulea,  Botaurus  lentiginosus,  Tringa 
maritima,  Strix  pratincola,  Contopus  borealis,  Quiscalus  quiscula  ceneus, 
Loxia  leucoptera,  Piranga  rubra,  Vireo  gilvus,  Dendroica  palmarum,  and 
Parus  bicolor. 

Braislin,  W.  C.    Notes  concerning  certain  birds  of  Long  Island. — 
Auk,  xx,  1903,  pp.  50-53. 

Fratercula  arctica,  Uria  lomvia,  Alca  torda,  Alle  alle,  Larus  minutus, 
Anser  albifrons  gambeli,  Olor  columbianus,  Accipiter  atricapillus,  Cathartes 
aura,  Helminthophila  lawrencei,  Mimus  polyglottos. 


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Braislin,  W.  C.  Notes  concerning  certain  birds  of  Long  Island, 
New  York.— Auk,  xxi,  1904,  pp.  287-289. 

Puffinus  borealis,  Cathartes  aura,  Anas  obscura  rubripes,  Anas  penelope, 
Aythya  vallisneria,  Chen  hyperborea  nivalis,  Crymophilus  fulicarius,  Num- 
enius  borealis  and  Sturnus  vulgaris. 

Braislin,  W.  C.    Notes  concerning  certain  birds  of  Long  Island. — 
Auk,  xxii,  1905,  pp.  167-169. 
Twelve  species  mentioned. 

Braislin,  W.  C.  The  Florida  Gallinule  nesting  on  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.—  Auk,  xxiii,  1906,  pp.  189-194. 

Braislin  W.  C.  Notes  concerning  certain  birds  of  Long  Island. 
—  Auk,  xxiv,  1907,  pp.  186-189. 

Braislin,  W.  C.  A  correction:  concerning  the  occurrence  of 
Numenius  borealis  on  Long  Island.— Auk,  xxiv,  1907,  p.  341. 

References  to  Eskimo  Curlew,  in  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  289,  believed  to  be 
erroneous. 

Brewer,  Thomas  M.    Stilt  Sandpipers.  —  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iii, 
1878,  p.  148. 
Refers  to  its  occasional  abundance  on  Long  Island. 

Brewster,  William.  An  interesting  flight  of  Pine  Finches  [on 
Long  Island].  —  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  viii,  1883,  p.  57. 

Burtis,  Henry  M.  The  Dovekie  (Alle  alle)  on  Long  Island.  — 
Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  209. 

Burtis,  H.  M.  Barn  Owls  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  xx, 
1903,  p.  212. 

Chadbourne,  Arthur  P.  Puffinus  borealis  at  Gardiners  Bay, 
New  York.— Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  202. 

Chadbourne,  A.  P.    An  unusual  flight  of  Killdeer  Plover  along 
the  New  England  coast— Auk,  vi,  1889,  pp.  255-263. 
Refers  in  part  to  occurrences  on  Long  Island. 

Chapman,  Frank  M.  The  northern  limit  of  the  Carolinian  fauna 
on  the  Atlantic  coast. —  Auk,  vi,  1888,  p.  199.  [Reprinted, 
Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  N.  Y.  (no.  1),  1888-89,  p.  4  ] 

Chapman,  F.  M.  Visitors'  guide  to  the  local  collection  of  birds 
in  the  American  Museum  of  Natural  History,  New  York. 


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With  an  annotated  list  of  the  birds  known  to  occur  within  fifty 
miles  of  New  York  City,  1894,  8vo.  pamph.,  pp.  1-100. 
Many  Long  Island  references. 

Chapman,  F.  M.  Handbook  of  birds  of  eastern  North  America, 
New  York,  1895  [and  later  editions]. 

Numerous  references  to  Long  Island  birds  chiefly  contributed  by  Mr. 
William  Dutcher. 

CiiAi'MA.w  V.  M.     An  island  Eden. —  Bird-Lore,  v,  Nov.-Dec. 
1903,  pp.  175-182. 
Notes  on  birds  observed  at  Gardiners  Island  in  June,  1903. 

Chapman,  F.  M.     Preliminary  study  of  the  Grackles. —  Bull. 
Amer.  Mus.  Nat.  Hist.,  iv,  1892,  pp.  1-20. 
Refers  to  Long  Island  specimens  in  detail.    Q.  quiscula  is  regarded  as 
reaching  its  most  typical  form  on  Long  Island. 

Cherrie,  George  K.  Bird  notes  from  Long  Island,  N.  Y. — 
Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  210. 

Seiurus  motacilla,  Seiurus  noveboracensis,  Vireo  Philadelphia,  Geothlypis 
agilis. 

Childs,  John  L.  The  Mockingbird  at  Barnegat,  N.  J.,  and  on 
Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p.  390. 

Conklin,  Charles  E.    Breeding  of  the  Carolina  Wren  (Thryo- 
thorus  ludovicianus)  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  xiv,  1897, 
p.  97-98. 
At  Roslyn  in  1896. 

Coues,  Elliott  and  Stearns,  W.  A. 
See  Stearns,  W.  A. 

Coues,  George  H.    List  of  birds  observed  in  the  Naval  Hospital 
grounds,  in  Brooklyn  city.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iv,  1879,  pp.  31-33. 
60  species  are  included  in  this  list. 

Deane,  Ruthven.  The  Great  Carolina  Wren  breeding  on  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iv,  1879,  p.  184. 

Deane,  R.  Unusual  abundance  of  the  Snowy  Owl  (Nyctea 
nyctea)  in  New  England  and  Canada. —  Auk,  xix,  1902,  pp. 
278. 

Refers  in  part  to  specimens  from  Long  Island. 


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Deane,  R.     Unusual  abundance  of  the  Snowy  Owl  (Nyctea 
nyctea).—  Auk,  xxiii,  1906,  pp.  283-298. 
Long  Island  references,  pp.  291-292. 

DeKay,  J.  E.    Zoology  of  New  York,  part  ii,  Birds,  1844. 
Many  Long  Island  references. 

Dutcher,  Basil  H.  Bird  notes  from  little  Gull  Island,  Suffolk 
Co.,  N.  Y.—  Auk,  vi,  pp.  124-131,  N.  Y.,  1889. 

Stercorarius  pomarinus  and  S.  parasiticus,  Sterna  hirundo,  S.  dougalli, 
Puffinus  borealis  and  others;  twenty-three  species  in  all,  noticed. 

Dutcher,  B.  H.  [Great  numbers  of  Geothlypis  trichas  and  Seiurus 
noveboracensis  killed  by  the  Fire  Island  lighthouse,  May  19, 
1891].— Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.,  N.  Y.  (no.  4),  1892,  p.  4. 

Dutcher,  W.  Wilson's  Plover  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Bull.  N. 
O.  C.,  iv,  1879,  p.  242. 

Dutcher,  W.  Wilson's  Plover  (fflgialitis  wilsonia)  on  Long 
Island.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C.,  v,  1880,  p.  186-187. 

Dutcher,  W.  Is  not  the  Fish  Crow  (Corvus  ossifragus  Wilson) 
a  winter  as  well  as  a  summer  resident  at  the  northern  limit  of 
its  range?— Trans.  Linn.  Soc.,  N.  Y.,  i,  1882,  pp.  107-111. 

Dutcher,  W.  The  Ipswich  Sparrow. —  Ornith.  and  Ool.,  viii, 
1883,  p.  488. 

Eight  out  of  ten  seen  were  taken  at  Great  South  Beach  during  the  winter 
of  1883.  - 

Dutcher,  W.    Bird  notes  from  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  i,  1884, 
p.  31-35. 
14  species  recorded. 

Dutcher,  W.  Bird  notes  from  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  i,  1884, 
pp.  174-179. 

Treats  of  the  birds  which  strike  the  lighthouses  on  Long  Island. 

Dutcher,  W.  Bird  notes  from  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  ii, 
1885,  pp.  36-39. 

Eight  species  recorded,  Gull-billed  Tern,  Razor-billed  Auk,  Briinnich's 
Guillemot,  etc. 


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Dutciier,  W.  Bird  notes  from  Long  Island. —  Auk,  iii,  1886, 
pp.  432-444. 

Megalcstris  skua,  Sterna  fuliginosa,  Histrionicus  histrionicus,  Ardea 
candidissima,  Crex  crex,  Crymophilus  fulicarius,  Phalcropes  lobatus,  P. 
tricolor,  Macrorhamphus  scolopaceus,  Limosa  fedoa,  Limosa  hamastica, 
Vanellus  vancllus,  JEgialitis  wilsonia,  Hazmatopus  palliatus,  Cathartes  aura, 
Strix  pratincola,  Nyctala  acadica,  Calcarius  lapponicus,  Ammodramus 
princeps,  Spizella  pusilla,  Piranga  rubra,  Thryothorus  ludovicianus,  Tur- 
dus  alicioe  bicknelli,  and  Turdus  aonalaschkos  pallasii. 

Dutcher,  W.    Old-time  natural  history. —  Forest  and  Stream, 
xviii,  1887,  pp.  105-106. 
Birds  of  a  former  time  as  described  in  Thompson's  "History  of  Long 
Island." 

Dutcher,  W.    Bird  notes  from  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  v, 

1888,  pp.  169-183,  N.  Y. 

Six  new  to  Long  Island  are  noted,  viz :  — Larus  minutus,  Pufjinus  borealis, 
Fregata  aquila,  Otocoris  alpestris  praticola,  Protonotaria  citrea  and  Den- 
droica  palmarum:  twenty-six  species  in  all  in  this  paper. 

Dutcher,  W.    Long  Island  birds. —  Forest  and  Stream,  xxxii, 

1889,  p.  444. 

A  request  for  information  on  the  occurrence  of  52  listed  species. 

Dutcher,  W.  Bird  notes  from  Long  Island,  New  York. —  Auk, 
vi,  1889,  pp.  131-139. 

Oceanodroma  leucorhoa,  Oceanites  oceanicus,  Phalacrocorax  carbo,  Anas 
boschas  -f-  obscura,  Histrionicus  histrionicus,  Crymophilus  fulicarius,  Phala- 
ropus  lobatus  and  others;  seventeen  in  all. 

Dutcher,  W.  Wilson's  Petrel  [Oceanites  oceanicus  at  Little  Gull 
Island]. —  Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  197,  also  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc., 
(no.  1),  1889,  p.  2. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Wilson's  Plover  Mgialitis  wilsonia  on  Long 
Island]. —  Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  197,  also  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc. 
(no.  1),  1889,  p.  2. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Cormorants  at  Little  Gull  Island  in  autumn]. — 
Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  199;  also  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  1), 
1889,  p.  4. 

Dutcher,  W.  A  winter  trip  to  Montauk. —  Forest  and  Stream, 
xxxiv,  1890,  pp.  206-207. 


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Dutcher,  W.  Birds  of  Gull  Island,  N.  Y. —  Forest  and  Stream, 
xxxiv,  1890,  pp.  246-247,  267. 

Dutcher  W.  [Migration  of  hawks  on  Long  Island  in  fall,  and 
an  albino  White-bellied  Swallow]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc., 
(no.  2),  1890,  p.  3. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Red-billed  Hill-tit  (Liothrix  luted)  of  India  shot 
on  Long  Island]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  2),  1890, 
p.  7. 

Doubtless  an  escaped  cage  bird. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Capture  of  the  Varied  Thrush  (HesperocicJda 
ncBvia)  on  Long  Island]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  2), 
1890,  p.  9. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Clapper  Rail  on  Long  Island  in  winter]. —  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  2),  1890,  p.  10. 

Dutcher,  W.    The  Labrador  Duck:    A  revised  list  of  the  extant 
specimens  in  North  America,  with  some  historical  notes. — 
Auk,  viii,  1891,  pp.  201-216. 
The  former  occurrences  of  the  species  on  Long  Island  are  noted. 

Dutcher,  W.    A  specimen  of  Numenius  arquatus  said  to  have 
been  taken  on  Long  Island. —  Auk,  ix,  1892,  pp.  391-392. 
See  remarks  under  Marshall,  W.  B. 

Dutcher  W.  [Sharp-tailed  Sparrow  and  Cardinal  on  Long- 
Island  in  winter]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  4),  1892,  p.  1. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Laughing  Gull  (Lams  atricilla)  breeding  at  Great 
South  Bay].— Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  4),  1892,  p.  5. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Birds  that  struck  Fire  Island  and  Montauk 
Point  Lights  May  20-21,  1891].— Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc. 
(no.  4),  1892,  p.  7. 

Dutcher,  W.  [Occurrence  of  southern  species  on  Long  Island 
in  autumn]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  4),  1892,  p.  8. 

The  occasional  appearance  of  the  Long-billed  Curlew,  Willet,  Black 
Skimmer  and  Black  Tern  regarded  as  due  to  northward  movement  after 
breeding. 


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Dutcher,  W.    Bird  notes  from  Long  Island. —  Auk,  x,  1893,  pp. 

265-266. 

Urinator  arcticus,  Branta  nigricans,  Tantalus  loculator  and  Nycticorax 
violaceus. 

Dutcher,  W.    Notes  on  some  rare  birds  in  the  collection  of  the 
Long  Island  Historical  Society  — Auk,  x,  1893,  pp.  267-277. 

Notes  on  44  species. 

Dutcher,  W.    [Carpodacus  purpureus  breeding  at  Westbury.]. — 
Abst.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  5),  1893,  p.  14. 

Dutcher,  W.    Gavia  alba  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  xii,  1895, 
p.  290. 

Dutcher,  W.    [Red  Phalaropes  and  AYilson's  Petrels  on  Long 
Island].— Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  (no.  11),  1899,  p.  4. 
Ten  Red  Phalaropes  (Crymophilus  fulicarius)  at  Montauk,  Apr.  30,  1898, 
also  thousands  of  Wilson's  Petrels  (Oceanites  oceanicus)  in  New  York  bay 
on  July  20,  1898. 

Dutcher,  \Y.    [Birds  killed  at  Fire  Island  Light]. —  Abstr.  Proc. 
Linn.  Soc.  (no.  11),  1899,  p.  5. 
Worm-eating  Warbler  and  a  Hooded  Warbler  killed. 

Dutcher,  W.    Results  of  special  protection  to  Gulls  and  Terns  ob- 
tained through  the  Thayer  Fund. — Auk,  xviii,  1901,  pp.  86-90. 

References  to  those  of  Long  Island. 

Dutcher,  W.    Piranga  rubra,  another  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  record. 

—  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  291. 
Setanket,  Apr.  11  to  22,  1901. 

Dutcher,  W.    [A  summer  Tanager  captured  on  Long  Island]. — 
Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  nos.  13-14,  1902,  p.  12. 

Dutcher,  W.    The  Barn  Owl  on  Long  Island. —  Auk,  xx,  1903, 
p.  67. 

Dutcher,  AY.    The  Pine  Grosbeak  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk, 
xxi,  1904,  p.  281. 

Dwtght,  Jonathan  Jr.    Two  records  for  Long  Island,  New  York. 

—  Auk,  v,  1888,  p.  324. 

Dendroica  palmarum  and  Polioptila  ccerulea  taken  at  Montauk  Point. 


Ill 


Dwight,  J.  Jr.    The  Horned  Lark  of  North  America. —  Auk, 
vii,  1890,  p.  138-158  (map). 
Refers  to  specimens  of  3  forms  taken  on  Long  Island. 

Dwight,  J.  Jr.    The  Ipswich  Sparrow  in  its  summer  home. — 
Memoirs  of  Nuttall  Ornith.  Club,  ii,  1895,  pp.  1-56. 
Contains  reference  to  the  winter  habitat  on  Long  Island. 

D[wight],  J.  Jr.    Review  of  Chapman's  "List  of  the  birds  of  the 
vicinity  of  New  York."—  Auk,  xii,  1895,  p.  69. 
Reference  to  some  Long  Island  records. 

Dwight,  J.  Jr.  Nyctea  nyctea  on  Long  Island,  New  York. — 
Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  199. 

Dwight,  J.  Jr.  Capture  of  the  Barn  Owl  (Strix  pratincola)  on 
Long  Island,  New  York. —  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  434. 

Dwight,  J.  Jr.  First  capture  of  Townsend's  Solitaire  (Myades- 
tes  townsendi)  on  Long  Island,  New  York. —  Auk,  xxiii,  1906, 
pp.  105-106. 

A  specimen  obtained  by  Mr.  J.  A.  Weber  at  King's  Park,  Nov.  25,  1905. 

Eagle,  Clarence  H.  The  Fish  Crow  (Corvus  ossifragus)  on  Long 
Island.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  p.  47. 

Eagle,  C.  H.  Capture  of  Mgialitis  meloda  var.  circumcincta 
Ridg.  on  Long  Island. —  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iii,  p.  94.  Camb., 
1878. 

Earle,  Charles.  Lark  Finch  on  Long  Island. —  Forest  and 
Stream,  xiv,  1880,  p.  44. 

Earle,  C.  The  Lark  Finch  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Bull.  N.  O. 
C,  vi,  1881,  p.  58. 

Elliot,  Daniel  G.  History  of  the  Shore  Birds,  New  York, 
1895. 

Specific  references  to  Long  Island  birds. 

Evans,  Evan  W.    Calmnosipiza  melancorys  on  Long  Island. — 
Auk,  vi,  1889,  p.  192. 
The  Lark  Bunting,  taken  at  Montauk  Point,  Sept.  4,  1888. 
Fisher,  Albert  K.    The  Hawks  and  Owls  of  the  U.  S.  in  their 
relation  to  agriculture,  Washington,  1893.    pp.  1-210  (pi.  26). 
Numerous  records  for  species  on  Long  Island  giving  localities  and  dates. 


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Floyd,  H.  W.    Wintering  of  the  Towhee  (Pipilo  erythrophthahnus) 
at  Rockaway  Beach,  L.  I.— Auk,  xv,  1889,  p.  190. 

Floyd,  H.  W.    The  Western  Semipalmated  Sandpiper. —  Ornith. 
and  061.,  xvi,  1891,  p.  170. 
The  earliest  Long  Island  record  for  this  species. 

Floyd,  H.  W.    [Lapland  Longspur  (Calcarius  lapponicus)  at 
Rockaway  Beach]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  No.  6,  1894,  p.  2. 

Fox,  C.    Notice  of  some  American  birds. —  Silliman's  Amer. 
Journal  of  Science,  xxxix,  1836,  pp.  291-294. 
Records   " Scolopax  pygmea"  [=  Erolia   ferriginea]  on  Long  Island, 
May  27,  1835. 

Forest  and  Stream.    [Record  of  the  Gray  Kingbird  on  Long 
Island],  ii,  July  23,  1874,  p.  373. 
In  editorial. 

Forest  and  Stream.    [Fringillidse  which  breed  on  Long  Island], 
xiv,  1880,  p.  44. 

Editorial,  report  of  meeting  of  Linnaean  Society  at  which  Mr.  S.  D. 
Osborne  reported  the  following  species,  Savannah  Sparrow,  Black-throated 
Bunting,  Rose-breasted  Grosbeak,  Vesper  Sparrow  (said  to  be  the  most 
common),  Sharp-tailed  and  Seaside  Finch,  Purple  Finch  (at  Bayside); 
Goldfinch  (fresh  eggs  on  Aug.  18).  Mr.  Charles  Earle  reported  the  Sooty 
Tern  and  a  Lark  Finch  at  Lake  Ronkonkoma,  the  latter  on  Aug.  20,  1879. 

Forest  and  Stream.    [Virginia  Rail  Wintering  on  Long  Island], 
xxiv,  1885,  p.  105. 
Five  shot  Feb.  6  and  Feb.  13. 

Forest  and  Stream.    [White  Pelican  on  Long  Island],  xxiv, 
1885,  p.  328. 
One  killed  at  Roslyn,  May  11,  1885. 

Foster,  Lyman  S.    Capture  of  an  Eider  Duck. —  Forest  and 
Stream,  xxvii,  Nov.  18,  1886,  p.  323. 
Somateria  dresseri  taken  Nov.  8,  1886  at  Centre  Moriches. 

Foster,  L.  S.    The  English  Skylark  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. — 
Forest  and  Stream,  xxviii,  1887,  p.  551. 

Foster,  L.  S.    [Glaucous  Gull   (Lams  glavciis)  at  Far  Rocka- 
way].—  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  3),  1891,  pp.  5. 


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Foster,  L.  S.    The  winter  birds  of  the  vicinity  of  New  York 
City.—  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  N.  Y.,  no.  5,  1893,  pp.  1-3. 
Numerous  references  to  localities  on  Long  Island  from  which  birds  have 
been  recorded. 

Fraser,  Alfred  A.    Winter  Rail  on  Long  Island. —  Forest  and 
Stream,  xxxvi,  1S91,  p.  105. 

Rallus  virginianus  seen  at  Oakdale,  Jan.  20,  1891. 

Giratjd,  J.  P.,  Jr.    The  Birds  of  Long  Island,  New  York,  1844, 
8vo.  pp.  i-xxii,  1-397. 

Grixxell,  George  B.    Frigate  Bird  and  White  Ibis  in  Connec- 
ticut. -Amer.  Naturalist,  ix,  187"),  p.  470. 

Refers  also  to  a  Frigate-Bird  taken  on  Long  Island  which  is  apparently 
not  recorded  elsewhere. 

Grixxell,  G.  B.    Rare  Birds  on  Long  Island.— Forest  and  Stream, 
xxiii,  1884,  p.  24. 
Porzana  jamaicensis,  Rynchops  nigra,  Herodias  alba  egretta  or  Garzetta 
candidissima. 

Griffixg,  Moses  B.    Notes  from  Shelter  Island,  N.  Y. —  Ornith. 
and  OoL,  vi,  1881,  p.  82. 
White-bellied  Swallows  as  late  as  Oct.  25  and  Nov.  23. 

Griffixg,  M.  B.    Red-headed  Woodpeckers  [on  Shelter  Island]. — 
Ornith.  and  OoL,  viii,  1883,  p.  95. 

Griffixg,  M.  B.    Ipswich  Sparrow. —  Ornith.  and  OoL,  viii, 
1883,  p.  22. 
At  Ram  Island  Beach. 

Griffixg,  M.  B.    White-winged  Crossbills. —  Ornith.  and  OoL, 
viii,  1883,  p.  32. 
On  Long  Island  in  November. 

Harper,  Fraxcis.    [Christmas  Bird  Census  at  College  Point]. 
—Bird-Lore,  vi,  1904,  p.  11;  viii,  1906;  p.  19. 

Helme,  Arthur  H.    Red-headed  Woodpecker. —  Ornith.  and 
OoL,  vii,  1882,  p.  107. 
Reported  in  fall  migration  at  Miller's  Place,  in  large  numbers. 

Helme,  A.  H.    Herons. —  Ornith.  and  OoL,  vii,  1882,  p.  118. 
An  adult  Little  Blue  Heron  reported. 


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Helme,  A.  H.    Purple  Gallinule. —  Ornith.  and  Ool.,  vii,  1882, 
p.  118. 
At  Middle  Island. 

Helme,  A.  H.    Red  Crossbills,  Ornith.  and  Ool.,  viii,  1883,  p.  68. 
Breeding  at  Miller's  Place  Apr.  10,  1883. 

Helme,  A.  H.    [Some  of  the  rarer  birds  of  Long  Island]. —  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc.,  no.  7,  1895,  p.  11. 

Yellow-bellied  Flycatcher  (Empidonax  flaviventris) ,  the  Golden-winged 
Warbler  (Hehninthophila  chrysoptera,  one  Orange-crowned  Warbler, 
(Helminthophila  celata)  and  several  Tennessee  Warblers  (Helminthophila 
peregrina)  the  two  last  species  taken  in  the  fall  of  1893. 

Helme,  A.  H.    [Carpodacus  purpureus  breeding  at  Miller's  Place]. 
—  Abst.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  no.  5,  1893,  p.  14. 

Helme,  A.  H.    The  Saw-whet  [Owl]  breeding  on  Long  Island. — 
Nidologist,  iii,  1896,  p.  104. 
Found  nesting  at  Miller's  Place. 

Helme,  A.  H.     [Catbird  in  winter  at  Miller's  Place]. —  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  No.  10,  1898,  p.  6. 
A  bird  seen  in  December,  1897. 

Helme,  A.  H.    [Cooper's  Hawk  nesting  at  Miller's  Place]. — Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  No.  11,  1899,  p.  4. 

Helme,  A.  H.    [Least  Sandpipers  moulting  in  autumn], —  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  no.  12,  1900,  p.  4. 
Several  taken  on  Long  Island  were  moulting  their  quill-feathers. 

Helme,  A.  H.    Large  flight  of  White-winged  Crossbills  on  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.— Auk,  xvii,  1900,  pp.  295-296. 

Helme,  A.  H.    The  Lark  Finch  and  Baird's  Bunting  on  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.— Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p.  296. 

Helme,  A.  H.    The  Pine  Grosbeak  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk, 
xxi,  1905,  280-281. 

Hendrickson,  W.  F.    Capture  of  the  Summer  Red  Bird  on  Long 
Island.— Auk,  i,  1884,  p.  290. 

Hendrickson,  William  F.    The  Chestnut-collared  and  Lapland 
Longspurs  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk,  vi,  1889,  pp.  190-191. 


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Hexdrickson,  W.  F.  A  winter  record  for  the  Chewink  on  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.—  Auk,  xx,  1903,  p.  216. 

H[endrickson],  J.  H.  Wild  birds  nesting  in  New  York. —  Forest 
and  Stream,  lxvi,  1906,  pp.  420  and  421. 

Florida  Gallinule,  and  Rails  at  Long  Island  City.    Regards  the  American 
Coot  as  almost  certainly  a  nesting  species. 

Hollick,  Arthur.  Preliminary  List  of  the  birds  known  to  breed 
on  Staten  Island.  Proc.  Nat.  Sci.  Asso.  Staten  Island,  Decem- 
ber, 1885.    Extra  No.  4. 

Sixty-seven  species  are  listed.    Staten  Island  is  only  separated  from 
Long  Island  by  lower  New  York  Bay. 

Howell,  Arthur   H.    Ornithological   reminiscences. —  Ornith. 
and  Ool.,  xiii,  1888,  p.  179. 
Sharp-shinned  Hawk  nesting  May  21  at  Lake  Grove. 

Howell,  A.  H.    A  day  at  Rockaway  Beach. —  Ornith.  and  Ool., 

xv,  1890,  pp.  170-171. 
Several  species  recorded. 

Howell,  A.  H.    Capture  of  Glaucous  Gull. —  Ornith.  and  Ool., 

xvi,  1891,  p.  61;  also  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  3),  1891,  pp. 
5-6. 

Taken  at  Far  Rockaway  Jan.  1,  1891.    This  specimen  has  been  pre- 
sented by  Mr.  Howell  to  the  Museum  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute. 

Howell,  A.  H.    Abnormal  eggs  of  Chipping  Sparrow. —  Auk, 
ix,  1892,  p.  395. 
Taken  at  Lake  Grove. 

Howell,  A.  H.  Brief  notes  from  Long  Island. —  Auk,  ix,  1892, 
pp.  306-307. 

Helminthophila  leucobronchialis,  Sylvania  mitrata,  and  other  warblers 
noticed. 

Howell,  A.  H.  On  the  occurrence  of  three  rare  birds  on  Long- 
Island,  New  York. — Auk,  x,  pp.  1893,  90-91;  correction,  p. 
209. 

Strix  pratincola,  Helminthophila  celata,  Turdus  alicice  bicknclli. 
Howell,  A.  H.    A  Correction.— Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  209. 


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Howell,  A.  H.  [Pine  Warbler,  Long-eared  Owl  and  Hairy  Wood- 
pecker breeding  on  Long  Island]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc., 
no.  5,  1893,  p.  4. 

Howell,  A.  H.    Some  holiday  trips. —  Ornith,  and  Ool.,  xviii,  1S93, 
pp.  35-36  and  pp.  58-9. 
Observations  at  Lake  Grove. —  Pine  Warbler  arrives  first  of  April;  Long- 
eared  Owl,  nest  and  three  young,  and  Hairy  Woodpecker,  nest  and  three 
young,  May  30,  1889. 

LI o well,  A.  H.  Notes  on  some  Long  Island  Birds. —  Auk,  xi, 
1894,  pp.  82-84. 

Empidonax  flaviventris,  E.  acadicus,  Helminthophila  chrysoptera,  H. 
peregrina,  Sylvania  mitrata. 

Howell,  A.  H.  Notes  on  Two  Rare  Birds  from  Long  Island, 
N.  Y.— Auk,  xvi,  1898,  p.  85. 

Johnson,  Frank  E.  Capture  of  the  Golden  Eagle  at  Gravesend, 
L.  I.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iv,  1879,  p.  189. 

Johnson,  F.  E.  American  Barn  Owl  (Strix  pratincola)  on  Long 
Island,  X.  Y.— Auk,  viii,  1891,  p.  114. 

Johnson,  F.  E.  Black-throated  Bunting  (Spiza  americana)  on 
Long  Island,  N.  Y.— Auk,  viii,  1891,  p.  116. 

Johnson,  F.  E.  [Mimus  polygloiios  and  Molothrus  ater  at  Blythe- 
wood  in  winter]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  no.  5,  1893,  p.  14. 

Johnson,  H.  R.  (With  E.  G.  Nichols  and  L.  N.  Nichols.)  Christ- 
mas Bird  Census  in  Brooklyn,  Prospect  Park  and  Greenwood 
Cemetery. —  Bird-Lore,  viii,  190G,  p.  18. 

Kobbe,  F.  W.  Black-bellied  Plover  and  Hudsonian  Godwit  on 
Long  Island,  N.  Y.—  Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  79. 

Kobbe,  F.  W.  Decrease  of  Purple  Martins  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. 
—  Auk,  xxii,  1905,  p.  211. 

Lawrence,  George  N.  Catalogue  of  birds  observed  on  New 
York,  Long  and  Staten  Island  and  the  adjacent  parts  of  New 
Jersey. —  Ann.  Lyc.  Nat.  Hist.,  New  York,  viii,  1866,  pp. 
279-300. 

327  species  included  with  annotations  to  many  of  the  rarer  Long  Island 
specimens. 


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Lawrence,  G.  N.  Occurrence  of  the  Barnacle  Goose  {Bernicla 
leucopsis)  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Bull.  X.  O.  C,  ii,  1877,  p. 
18. 

Lawrence,  G.  N.  Ornithological  notes. —  Ann.  Lyceum  Nat. 
Hist.,  X.  Y.,  v,  1852,  pp.  220-223. 
Procella  meridionalis  shot  at  Quoque,  L.  I.,  July,  1850;  specimens  of 
Philomachus  pugnax  from  Long  Island  are  recorded  Oct.,  1850,  a  bird  of  the 
year  and  an  adult  male  in  the  summer  of  1844;  a  Varied  Thrush  is  spoken 
of. 

Lawrence,  G.  N.    On  the  occurrence  of  the  Caspian  Tern 
(Sylochelidon  caspius)  in  North  America. —  Ann.  Lyc.  Nat. 
Hist.,  v,  1852,  p.  37-38. 
Specimens  killed  on  the  Long  Island  coast. 

Lawrence,  G.  X.  Ornithological  notes. —  Ann.  Lyc.  Nat.  Hist., 
N.  Y.,  v,  1852,  pp.  220-223. 

Lawrence,  G.  X.    Ornithological  notes. —  Ann.  Lyc.  Nat.  Hist., 
vi,  1858,  pp.  7-14. 
Yellow-throated  Vireo  in  summer  of  1852. 

Lawrence,  Xewbold  T.    The  European  "Widgeon  in  the  United 

States.— Bull.  X.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  p.  98. 

One  of  the  two  specimens  recorded  is  supposed  to  have  come  from 
Southampton. 

Lawrence,  N.  T.  The  Ipswich  Sparrow7  (Passerculus  princeps) 
on  Long  Island,  X.  Y.—  Bull.  X.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  p.  102. 

Lawrence,  X.  T.    The   Greater   Long-beak,  Macrorhamphus 
scolopaceus  (Say).— Bull.  X.  O.  C,  v,  1880,  pp.  154-157. 
Data  on  its  migration. 

Lawrence,  N.  T.    Notes  on  several  rare  birds  taken  on  Long 
Island.— Forest  and  Stream,  x,  1878,  p.  235. 
Notes  on  fifteen  species;  Loggerhead  Shrike  and  four  Baird's  Sandpipers 
first  recorded  here. 

Lawrence,  N.  T.    Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  bird  notes. —  Auk,  ii, 
1885,  pp.  272-274. 
Eighteen  species  noticed. 


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Lawrence,  N.  T.     European  Widgeon  (Mareca  pcnelope)  on 
Long  Island,  N.  Y.—  Auk,  xix,  1902,  pp.  195-196. 
One  taken  at  Gardiners  Island,  Nov.  27,  1901. 

Lawrence,  Robert  B.    Notes  on  some  of  the  rarer  birds  of  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.— Bull.  N.  O.  C,  v,  1880,  pp.  116-117. 
Eight  species  are  referred  to. 

Lawrence,  R.  B.    Cardinal  Redbird  on  Long  Island. — Forest 
and  Stream,  xiii,  1884,  p.  144. 
One  male  Sept.  7,  1884. 

Lawrence,  R.  B.    Occurrence  of  Turkey  Buzzard  on  Long 
Island. —  Forest  and  Stream,  xxvii,  Aug.  19,  1886,  p.  64. 
Observed  at  Flushing,  Aug;.  2, 1885;  also  C.  atratus  at  Sandy  Hook. 

Lawrence,  R.  B.  Long  Island  bird  notes. —  Forest  and  Stream, 
vol.  xxvii,  Dec.  23,  1886,  p.  428. 

Notes  Tringa  maritima,  Somateria  dresseri,  Oceanites  occanicus  and 
Nyctala  acadica. 

Lawrence,  R.  B.     Ice-bound  Rail. —  Forest  and  Stream,  xxx, 
1888,  p.  6. 
Porzana  Carolina  at  Flushing,  Dec.  23. 

Lawrence,  R.  B.  A  new  Long  Island,  N.  Y.,  record  for  the  Red- 
bellied  Woodpecker  (Melanerpes  carolinus). —  Auk,  xiii,  1896, 
p.  82. 

Latham,  Frank,  Harry  and  Roy.  [Christmas  bird  census  at 
Orient  Point].— Bird-Lore,  vi,  1905,  pp.  26-27;  viii,  1906, 
p.  19. 

Latham,  Harry  and  Roy.  [Christmas  bird  census  at  Gardiners 
Island]. — Bird-Lore,  viii,  1906,  p.  19. 

Lee,  Charlotte  E.  [Christmas  bird  census  at  Huntington]. — 
Bird-Lore,  iv,  1902,  p.  27;  v,  1903,  p.  16;  vi,  1904,  p.  11. 

Marshall,  William  B.  A  specimen  of  Numenius  arquatus  said 
to  have  been  taken  on  Long  Island. —  Auk,  ix,  1892,  pp. 
390-391. 

While  there  is  no  question  as  to  the  identity  of  this  specimen  which  is 
now  in  the  State  Museum  at  Albany,  the  A.  O.  U.  committee  has  decided 
that  the  evidence  that  it  was  taken  on  Long  Island  or  anywhere  else  in 
North  America  is  by  no  means  convincing. 


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Mearns,  Edgar  A.    The  capture  of  several  rare  birds  near  West 
Point,  N.  Y.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  iii,  1878,  pp.  45-46. 
Refers  to  the  capture  of  a  Fish  Crow  on  Long  Island  by  Mr.  Theodore 
Roosevelt. 

Mearns,  E.  A.  Capture  of  the  Glaucous  Gull  (Larus  glaucus) 
on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  v,  1880,  p.  189-190. 

Moran,  Daniel  E.  The  Tufted  Titmouse  on  Staten  Island, 
N.  Y.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C.,  1882,  vii,  p.  52. 

Moran,  D.  E.  Capture  of  Baird's  Sandpiper  on  Long  Island. — 
Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vii,  1882,  p.  60. 

Murphy,  Robert  C.  Leach's  Petrel  (Oceanodroma  leucorhoa) 
on  the  Long  Island  shore. —  Auk,  xxii,  1905,  pp.  205-206. 

Nicholas,  George  L.    Bird  notes  from  Long  Island. —  Forest 
and  Stream,  xiv,  1880,  p.  44. 
Large-billed  Water  Thrush  Aug.  3,  Loggerhead  Shrike  Aug.  4;  in  all 
about  seventeen  species  observed  at  Shinnecock  Bay. 

Nichols,  E.  G.,  Nichols,  S.  N.,  and  Johnson,  H.  R. 

See  Johnson,  H.  R. 

Oberholser,  Harry  C.  A  review  of  the  Larks  of  the  genus 
Otocoris.—  Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  xxiv,  1902,  pp.  801-884. 

Pearsall,  R.  F.    Notes  on  the  Purple  Finch. —  Bull.  N.  O.  C, 
iv,  1879,  p.  122. 
Nesting  at  Bay  side,  June  15. 

Porter,  H.  E.,  and  Rogers,  C.  H. 

See  Rogers,  C.  H. 

Proctor,  Thomas.  Skylarks  nesting  on  Long  Island. —  Auk, 
xii,  1895,  p.  390. 

Proctor,  T.  [Destruction  of  birds'  eggs  and  young  birds  by  the 
Gray  Squirrel  in  Prospect  Park]. —  Abstr.  Proc.  Linn.  Soc, 
nos.  13-14,  1902,  p.  3. 

Purdie,  Henry  A.  Corvus  ossijragus  on  Long  and  Staten  Islands, 
N.  Y.—  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  v,  1880,  p.  240. 

Reed,  J.  H.  The  Terns  of  Great  Gull  Island,  N.  Y.,  during  1897. 
—  Auk,  xv,  1898,  pp.  40-43. 


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Richardson,  Jenness.    [Three  nests  of  the  Black  Duck]. —  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc.  (no.  2),  1890,  p.  3. 
One  with  young,  in  early  May  at  Amagansett. 

Ridgway,  Robert.    On  a  Duck  new  to  the  North  American 
Fauna.— Proc.  U.  S.  Nat.  Mus.,  iv,  1881,  pp.  22-24. 
A  specimen  of  Fuligula  ruftna,  found  in  Fulton  Market  is  supposed  to 
have  been  shot  on  Long  Island. 

Rogers,  Charles  EL  and  Porter  H.  E.  [Christmas  bird  census 
at  Rockaway  Park  Beach]. —  Bird-Lore,  vi,  1904,  p.  12;  viii, 
1906,  p.  18. 

Roosevelt,  Theodore.  Notes  on  some  of  the  birds  of  Oyster 
Bay,  Long  Island.  March,  1879,  leaflet  published  by  the 
author. 

Seventeen  species  are  noted. 

Rowley,  G.  D.  The  Pied  Duck. —  Ornithological  Miscellany 
ii,  1877,  pt.  vi,  pp.  205-223,  pi.  v,  London. 

Refers  to  some  of  the  last  specimens  of  the  Labrador  Duck  from  Long 
Island.    Credits  Long  Island  with  thirteen  extant  specimens. 

Sage,  John  N.    An  historic  letter.—  Auk,  xii,  1895,  pp.  350-362. 

From  John  Gardiner  of  Gardiners  Island  to  Alex.  Wilson,  concerning 
the  Fish  Hawk  on  that  island. 

Sargent,  Harry  B.  Breeding  of  the  Rough-winged  Swallow  at 
Shelter  Island,  New  York.—  Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  369. 

Stearxs,  Winfrid  A.  and  Coues,  E.    New  England  Bird  Life, 
Boston,  1883,  pt.  ii,  p.  227. 
A  Curlew  Sandpiper  killed  at  Miller's  Place  in  1839. 

Story,  S.  B.  [Christmas  Bird  census  at  Setauket].  Bird-Lore, 
iv,  1902,  p.  27. 

Stroxtg,  Selah  B.  and  White,  Walter.  [Christmas  bird  census 
at  Setanket].— Bird-Lore,  vi,  1905,  p.  26;  viii,  1906,  p.  19. 

Squires,  Karl  B.  [Christmas  bird  census  at  Greenport]. — 
Bird-Lore,  vi,  1904,  p.  11. 

Taylor,  II.  H.    Baird's  Sandpiper  on  Long  Island  Sound,  N.  Y. — 
Auk,  xii,  1895,  p.  179. 
About  a  dozen  seen  in  a  flock  of  which  two  were  secured,  Sept.  29,  1894. 


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Thompson,  Benjamin  F.    History  of  Long  Island,  New  York, 
1839. 

Refers  to  the  former  presence  of  Wild  Turkeys,  Swans  and  Pelicans  at 
Huntington. 

Townsend,  A.  L.    [Spring  arrivals  of  birds  at  Bay  Ridge]. — 
Forest  and  Stream,  xviii,  1882,  pp.  305,  346  and  427. 

About  thirty  species  referred  to  with  dates  of  arrival.    Crow  Blackbird 
convicted  as  a  destroyer  of  birds'  eggs. 

Townsend,  A.  L.    Painted  Finch  on  Long  Island. —  Forest  and 
Stream,  xxii,  1884,  June  26,  p.  424. 

Vaughan,  C.  W.     Baird's  Sandpiper  at  East  Hampton,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.— Auk,  xiii,  1896,  p.  80. 

White,  AYalter  and  Strong,  S.  B. 
See  Strong,  S.  B. 

Worthington,  Willis  W.    Short-eared  Owl  nesting  on  Plum 
Island,  New  York.— Auk,  x,  1893,  p.  301. 
The  date  is  May  7,  1891. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Cape  May  Warbler  at  Shelter  Island, 
New  York.  — Auk,  Vol.  x,  1893,  p.  303. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Another  Harlequin  Duck   record  for 
Long  Island. —  Auk,  xiii,  1896,  p.  78. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Rare  Birds  on  eastern  Long  Island. — 
Auk,  xvi,  1899,  p.  85. 
The  Barn  Owl,  Duck  Hawk  and  Florida  Gallinule. 

Worthington,  W.  W.     Golden  Eagle  at  Shelter  Island,  New 
York.  — Auk,  viii,  1891,  p.  113. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    A  rare  record  for  eastern  Long  Island. — 
Auk,  xvii,  1900,  p.  63. 
An  immature  female  Sabine's  Gull,  Xema  sabinii  taken  Oct.  7,  1899. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    A  rare  record  for  eastern  New  York. — 
Auk,  xviii,  1901,  p.  395. 
Contopus  borealis,  taken  at  Shelter  Island,  Aug.  29,  1901. 

Worthington,  \Y.  W.    Connecticut  Warbler  and  Philadelphia 
Vireo  at  Shelter  Island,  N.  Y.—  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  89. 


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WORTHINGTON,  W.  W.    Henslow's  Sparrow  on  Shelter  Island, 
N.  Y. —  Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  204. 

Worthington,  AY.  W.    Rare  birds  for  eastern  Long  Island, 
New  York.— Auk,  xix,  1902,  p.  402. 
A  Summer  Tanager,  Apr.  9,  1902,  and  a  Lark  Sparrow,  July  28,  1902. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Bird  Notes  from  Shelter  Island,  Long 
Island,  N.  Y.— Auk,  xxi,  1904,  p.  287. 

Aythya  affinis,  Wilsonia  pusilla,  Seiurus  noveboracensis,  Symphemia 
semipalmata,  Geothlypis  trichas,  Pinicola  enucleator,  Hylocichla  guttata 
pallasii. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Notes  from  Shelter  Island. —  Ornith.  and 
Ool.,  vii,  1882,  p.  141. 
Two"  Little  Blue  Herons,  Aug.  16. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Correspondence. —  Ornith.  and  Ool.,  ix, 
1884,  p.  24. 

Notes'at  Shelter  Island,  the  Carolina  Dove  on  Jan.  20;  the  Fish  Hawk, 
March  1;  Red-bellied  Nuthatch,  May  17;  Black  Tern  July  23;  two  Forster's 
Terns  shot  at  Ram  Island  Shoals,  Sept.  17;  a  Sooty  Tern  caught  off  Mon- 
tauk  Point,  Sept.  18. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Golden  Eagle  at  Shelter  Island. — Auk, 
viii,  1891,  p.  113. 

Worthingtox,  W.  W.    Notes  from  Shelter  Island. —  The  Ornith. 
and  Ool.,  vi,  1881,  p.  46. 

Worthington,  W.  W.    Blue  Yellow-backed  Warbler  nesting  on 
Shelter  Island.— Ornith.  and  Ool.,  vi,  1881,  p.  62. 

Wyman,  W.  B.    The  birds  of  Prospect  Park  [Brooklyn,  N.  Y.]. 
Forest  and  Stream,  xxi,  1884  (no.  12)  pp.  226-227. 
"  A  nominal  list  of  81  species,  including  a  number  of  improbable  occur- 
rences." (Auk,  1884,  p.  288.) 

Young,  Curtis  C.    Tringa  alpina  on  Long  Island,  N.  Y. —  Auk, 

x,  1893,  p.  78. 

This  appears  to  be  the  second  record  of  the  species  for  North  America. 
Young,  C.  C.    Empidonax  flaviventris  on  Long  Island. —  Auk, 

xi,  1894,  p.  78. 

Young,  C.  C.    [Bonaparte's  Gull  at  Rockaway  Beach]. —  Abstr. 
Proc.  Linn.  Soc,  no.  7,  1895,  p.  13. 


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Zerega,  Louis  A.    Notes  on  the  northern  range  of  the  Fish  Crow 
(Corvus  ossifragus)  with  some  account  of  its  habits. —  Bull.  N. 
O.  C,  v,  1880,  pp.  205-208. 
Refers  to  records  for  Rockaway  and  Oyster  Bay. 

Zerega,  L.  A.    Capture  of  the  Snowy  Heron  (Garzetta  candi- 
dissima)  on  Long  Island. —  Bull.  N.  O.  C,  vi,  1881,  p.  248. 

Zerega,  A.    The  Birds  of  Prospect  Park. —  Forest  and  Stream, 
xxi,  (no.  16)  1884,  p.  304. 
A  criticism  of  an  article  with  this  title  in  same  journal  pp.  226-227. 


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A  LIST  OF 

The  Birds  of  Long  Island 

NEW  YORK. 


BY 

WILLIAM  C.  BRAISLIN 


[From  'The  Auk/  Vol.  XXVI,  No.  3,  July,  1909.  pp.  314-316.] 


Notes  concerning  Certain  Birds  of  Long  Island,  New  York. —  A  few  data 
concerning  the  occurrence  of  certain  of  the  less  commonly  observed  birds  of 
Long  Island  and  of  facts  regarding  the  time  during  which  others,  less  rare, 
extend  their  stay  within  our  limits,  are  herewith  presented.  Most  of  them 
have  been  kindly  furnished  me  by  other  observers. 

Porzana  Carolina.  Sora.  A  specimen  of  this  rail  was  obtained  by  Mr. 
Robert  L.  Peavey,  of  Brooklyn,  at  Seaford  on  the  unusually  late  date  of 
December  24  (1908).  This  date  is  two  months  later  than  the  previously 
ascertained  limit  of  its  occurrence  here  in  autumn,  as  given  in  '  A  List  of  the 
Birds  of  Long  Island,  New  York.' 

Coturnicops  noveboracensis.  Yellow  Rail. —  Three  additional  occur- 
rences of  this  bird  for  Long  Island  have  been  made  available  through  Mr. 
Robert  L.  Peavey.  All  were  secured  recently,  two  during  the  later  months 
of  1908,  one  in  January,  1909.  One  of  the  specimens,  taken  by  Mr.  Peavey 
and  by  him  presented  to  the  Museum  of  the  Brooklyn  Institute  of  Arts 
and  Sciences,  has  been  already  recorded  by  Mr.  Cleorge  K.  Oherrie,  curator 


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of  ornithology  of  the  Museum.  Mr.  Cherrie  says:  "This  specimen  was 
collected  by  the  donor  at  Seaford,  Long  Island,  September,  190S"  (Museum 
News,  Vol.  IV,  March,  p.  85,  1909).  I  learn  from  Mr.  Peavey  that  it  was 
taken  on  the  bay  side  of  the  beach,  back  of  the  sand  dunes,  where  the 
"sedge"  grass  grew  in  tufts.  In  one  of  these  the  bird  was  concealed,  and 
was  only  flushed  on  a  near  approach,  so  that  care  had  to  be  exercised 
in  collecting  it  so  that  it  should  not  be  rendered  unfit  for  preserving  as  a 
specimen.    It  was  taken  Sept.  20,  1908,  and  is  a  male. 

A  second  specimen,  also  a  male,  was  taken  by  him  at  the  same  place  on 
December  4,  1908.  This  one  was  found  on  the  edge  of  the  main  creek,  in 
the  short  salt-meadow  grass.  A  third  specimen  was  obtained  on  January 
10,  1909,  at  the  same  place,  in  a  similar  location.  This  specimen,  through 
the  generosity  of  Mr.  Peavey,  is  now  in  the  writer's  collection  of  skins. 

Cathartes  aura.  Turkey  Vulture.  A  very  fine  male  specimen  of  this 
vulture  has  been  added  to  my  collection  through  the  generosity  of  Mr.  Roy 
Latham  of  Orient  Point.  Mr.  Latham  briefly  stated  the  facts  of  its  occur- 
rence in  his  record  of  the  species  of  birds  observed  by  him  at  Orient  Point 
on  Dec.  22,  1907,  which  was  published  in  the  'Bird-Lore'  Christmas  bird- 
census  (Vol.  X,  1908,  p.  29).  Mr.  Latham  informed  me  that  the  bird  was 
unable  to  fly  when  first  discovered  by  him  on  the  beach.  It  was  at  once 
evident  that  it  was  disabled,  and  it  was  found  that  it  had  some  foreign 
substance  in  its  throat.  This  had,  no  doubt,  prevented  it  from  eating 
for  so  long  a  time  that  it  had  become  too  weak  to  fly.  The  cause  of  the 
obstruction  in  the  throat  was  found  to  be  a  bone  of  an  animal  of  consider- 
able size.  Mr.  Latham  extracted  the  bone  and  removed  the  bird  to  his 
home,  where  it  was  cared  for  and  protected.  He  fed  the  bird,  and  found 
that  it  ate  greedily  of  stale  fish.  Despite  his  care,  however,  it  did  not  sur- 
vive the  following  night. 

Catharista  urubu.  Black  Vulture. —  I  am  indebted  to  Mr.  C.  W. 
Crandall  of  W oodside  for  the  report  of  the  capture  of  a  specimen  of  this 
bird  which  so  rarely  reaches  us  from  more  southern  regions  that  this  may 
perhaps  be  regarded  as  the  first  specimen  authenticated  beyond  a  doubt,  or, 
at  least,  backed  by  an  authenticated  skin,  taken  within  the  actual  geo- 
graphical limits  of  Long  Island.  As  stated  in  '  A  List  of  the  Birds  of  Long 
Island,'  p.  67,  the  evidence  entitling  it  to  a  place  in  the  avifauna  of  Long 
Island  rests  on  the  authority  of  Mr.  Robert  Lawrence  who  observed  it  on 
the  adjacent  shore  of  Sandy  Hook,  and  of  Mr.  deL.  Berier,  who  reported 
one  found  dead  at  Coney  Island  beach,  by  Mr.  Akhurst.  As  no  authenti- 
cated skin  of  this  specimen  is  extant,  that  of  Mr.  Crandall's  is  all  the  more 
valuable.  Mr.  Crandall  was  at  Plum  Island,  L.  I.,  on  May  19  and  20,  1895, 
and  on  exactly  or  nearly  the  same  dates  on  the  three  subsequent  years,  in 
the  interests  of  ornithological  investigation.  It  was  on  the  second  trip, 
namely,  1890,  on  the  19th  or  20th  of  May,  or  within  a  day  or  two  of  these 
dates,  that  the  bird  was  shot.  He  was  in  the  field,  bird-nesting,  when, 
hearing  a  distant  gun-shot  he  was  attracted  to  investigate  the  cause.  lie 
found  that  the  shot  had  been  fired  by  a  farmer,  at  a  large  bird  which  had 


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been  feeding  on  a  dead  sheep.  The  farmer  —  a  Mr.  (Mark  —  finding  t hat 
there  clung  to  the  bird  an  odor  not  incompatible  with  its  feeding  habits, 
had  consigned  his  prize  to  the  furrow  where  the  plowshare  would  shortly 
have  buried  it.  From  this  position  Mr.  Crandall,  with  prompt  and  com- 
mendable collecting  zeal,  rescued  the  specimen  and  sent  it  to  a  New  York 
taxidermist  (Murgatroyd)  for  mounting.  Mr.  Crandall  still  has  the 
mounted  skin  in  his  possession,  and,  at  his  home,  the  writer  recently  had 
the  pleasure  of  examining  it. 

Nyctea  nyctea.  Snowy  Owl.  Mr.  Peavey  has  kindly  informed  me,  and 
has  permitted  me  to  record  the  fact,  that  he  took  a  very  white  specimen  of 
this  species  on  the  shore  of  Flatlands  Bay  on  Feb.  19,  1909.  This  is  a 
rather  later  date  of  occurrence  of  this  species  than  any  previous  ones 
which  T  have. 

Acanthis  linaria.  Redpoll.  It  may  be  worthy  of  note  that  Redpolls 
occurred  again  on  Long  Island  this  winter,  although,  apparently,  less 
abundantly  than  last.  Though  several  were  seen  by  others,  but  a  single 
individual  came  under  my  direct  observation.  It  was  seen  feeding  on  the 
ground,  among  a  number  of  Pine  Siskins  in  Prospect  Park  on  Jan.  30,  1909. 

Dendroica  palmarum.  Palm  Warbler.  A  specimen  of  this  warbler 
was  taken  by  the  writer  on  Rockaway  Beach,  Sept.  26,  1908.  It  was 
found  among  the  sand  dunes  on  the  bay  side  of  the  beach  on  the  date  men- 
tioned, where  numbers  of  Savannah  and  other  sparrows  were  also  found. 
Like  them  it  seemed  much  at  home  in  this  open,  unsheltered  locality.  Here 
the  sand  is  but  scantily  covered,  the  sea-side  golden-rod  at  this  season  being 
the  most  conspicuous  of  the  sea-side  flora.  Thompson,  in  his  'Birds  of 
Manitoba,'  mentions  finding  this  bird,  during  migrations,  far  from  any 
wooded  land,  and  Chapman  refers  to  the  avoidance  of  trees  by  the  eastern 
subspecies,  hypochrysea,  in  his  '  Birds  of  Eastern  North  America.'  Since 
the  autumn  of  1895,  when  it  was  met  with  repeatedly,  as  stated  in  'The 
Auk'  (XIX,  1902,  p.  148),  it  has  not  been  again  met  with  until  this  autumn 
(of  1908).—  William  C.  Braislix,  Brooklyn,  N.  Y. 


